The greatest blessing of Christian faith is our everlasting tie to God. With that comes an equally long-lived bond with other believers. The nineteenth-century hymn Blest Be the Tie that Binds speaks of this earthly bond which one day will be perpetuated in heaven.
Blest be the tie that binds / Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship our spirit finds / 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 sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part, / It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
From sorrow, toil, and pain, / And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and oneness reign / Through all eternity.
Hymn Tune: DENNIS
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