Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Hail sweetest dearest tie that binds
Topic: Christians/Hope of
Writer: <no first name given> Sutton
Composer: J Rink
Meter: CM
Tune: Varina
Hymn Number: 391
Page Number: 136, 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 giv'n;
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heav'n.
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 giv'n;
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heav'n.
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 giv'n;
The hope, when life and time are o'er,
We all shall meet in heav'n.
No ling'ring 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 giv'n;
The hope, when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heav'n.