Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Say whence does this union arise
Topic: Christians/Triumph of
Writer: Thomas Baldwin
Composer: James Fillmore
Meter: 8s double
Tune: Smart
Hymn Number: 549
Page Number: 193, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSAY, whence does this union arise,
Where hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls with such ties
That distance nor time can remove.
It can not 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 can not 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!