Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: From whence does this union arise
Topic: Christian Union and Communion
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 138
Page Number: 235, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFROM whence does this union arise,
That hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls with such ties,
That distance nor time can remove.
It cannot 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 cannot 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!