Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Blest be the tie that binds
Topic: Parting of Christians
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 150
Page Number: 149, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBlest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of Christian mind
Is like to that above.
Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathetic tear.
When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined 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,
Thro' all eternity.