Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Hail sweetest dearest tie that binds
Topic: The Gospel/The Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: <no first name given> Sutton
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 430
Page Number: 262, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHail, sweetest, dearest tie, that binds
Our glowing hearts in one;
Hail, sacred hope, that tunes our minds
To harmony divine.
It is the hope, the blissful hope,
Which Jesus' grace has given --
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heaven.
What though the northern wintry blast
Shall howl around our cot;
What though beneath an eastern sun
Be cast our distant lot;
Yet still we share the blissful hope,
Which Jesus' grace has given --
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heaven.
From eastern shores, from northern lands,
From western hill and plain,
From southern climes, the brother-bands
May hope to meet again;
It is the hope, the blissful hope,
Which Jesus' grace has given;
The hope, when life and time are o'er,
We all shall meet in heaven.
From Burmah's shores, from Afric's strand,
From India's burning plain,
From Europe, from Columbia's land,
We hope to meet again;
It is the hope, the blissful hope,
Which Jesus' grace has given,
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heaven.
No lingering look, nor parting sigh,
Our future meeting knows;
There friendship beams from every eye,
And love immortal glows.
O sacred hope! O blissful hope!
Which Jesus' grace has given,
The hope when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heaven.