Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Say whence does this union arise
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> Baldwin
Composer:
Meter: 8s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 500
Page Number: 305, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSay, whence does this union arise,
Where hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls with such ties,
That distance nor time can remove.
It can not in Eden be found,
Nor yet in a Paradise lost;
It grows on Immanuel's ground,
And Jesus' life's blood it has cost.
My friends so endear'd unto me,
Our souls so united in love;
Where Jesus is gone we shall be,
In yonder blest mansions above.
Why then so unwilling to part,
Since there we shall soon meet again,
Engrav'd on Immanuel's heart,
At distance we can not remain.
And then we shall see that bright day,
And join with the angels above,
Set free from our prisons of clay,
United in Jesus' kind love.
With Jesus we ever shall reign,
And all his bright glory shall see;
Then sing hallelujahs--Amen!
Amen! Even so let it be!