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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Blest be the tie that binds (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Blest be the tie that binds

Topic: Christian Union and Communion

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 137

Page Number: 234, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

BLEST be the tie that binds

our hearts in Christian love;

the fellowship of kindred minds

is like to that above.



Before our Father's throne

we pour our ardent pray'rs;

our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,

our comforts and our cares.



When we asunder part,

it gives us inward pain;

but we shall still be join'd in heart,

and hope to meet again.



This glorious hope revives

our courage by the way;

while each in expectation lives,

and longs to see the day.



From sorrow, toil, and pain,

and sin, we shall be free;

and perfect love and friendship reign

through all eternity.