Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: My Christian friends in bonds of love
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 485
Page Number: 296, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy Christian friends in bonds of love,
Whose hearts the sweetest union prove;
Your friendship's like the strongest band,
Yet we must take the parting hand.
Your presence sweet, our union dear,
What joys we feel together here!
And when I see that we must part,
You draw like cords around my heart.
How sweet the hours have pass'd away,
Since we have met to sing and pray;
How loath are we to leave the place
Where Jesus shows his smiling face!
O could I stay with friends so kind,
How would it cheer my fainting mind!
But pilgrims in a foreign land,
We oft must take the parting hand
My Christian friends, both old and young,
I trust you will in Christ go on;
Press on, and soon you'll win the prize--
A crown of glory in the skies.
A few more days, or years at most,
And we shall reach fair Canaan's coast,
When in that holy, happy land,
We'll take no more the parting hand.
O blessed day! O glorious hope!
My soul rejoices at the thought,
When in that holy, happy land,
We'll take no more the parting hand.