169. Blest Be the Tie That Binds

S.M.
1
Blest be the tie that binds
 
Our souls in Jesus’ love;
 
The fellowship of kindred minds
 
Is shared with Him above.
2
Before our Father’s throne
 
We pour our fervent prayers;
 
In Christ our thoughts and hopes are one,
 
Our comforts and our cares.
3
We share each other’s woes,
 
Each other’s burdens bear;
 
And often for each other flows
 
The sympathizing tear.
4
When for a while we part,
 
This thought will soothe our pain:
 
That we shall still be joined in heart,
 
And one day meet again.
5
"That blessed hope" revives
 
Our spirits by the way,
 
While each in expectation lives
 
And longs to see the day,
6
When from all toil and pain
 
And sin we shall be free,
 
And we shall with the Savior reign
 
Through all eternity.
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