Hymn

Blest Be The Tie That Binds

ST. THOMAS · S.M. · words John Fawcett · music Aaron Williams

Setting: Open Hymnal · Open Hymnal (oh44-c-natural)

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1.Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

2.Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one
Our comforts and our cares.

3.We share each other's woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4.When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5.This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

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BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason
DENNIS — Hans Georg Nägeli
AYLESBURY — Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
SELLINGE — John Pyke Hullah
SOUTHWELL — Daman's Psalter, 1579
ST. MICHAEL — William Crotch

Other words for this tune

All People, Clap Your Hands; to God — Scottish Psalter, 1650
I in the Lord Do Put My Trust — Scottish Psalter, 1650
Lord, Hear My Pray'r, Attend My Suits — Scottish Psalter, 1650
My God, Deliver Me from Those — Scottish Psalter, 1650
My Heart Not Haughty Is, O Lord — Scottish Psalter, 1650
O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord — Scottish Psalter, 1650
Psalm 50:7-15 — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin
True Love for the Word — The Psalter, 1912
A Charge to Keep I Have — Charles Wesley
A Mourner's Entreaties — The Psalter, 1912
Breathe on Me, Breath of God — Edwin Hatch
Exultent Confidence — The Psalter, 1912
Forgiveness and Deliverance — The Psalter, 1912
Forgiving Mercy Besought — The Psalter, 1912
Integrity of Character — The Psalter, 1912
Lord Jesus Think On Me — Synesius of Cyrene
Lord, Bless and Pity Us — Scottish Psalter, 1650
My Heart Inditing Is (Second Version) — Scottish Psalter, 1650
Not All the Blood of Beasts — Isaac Watts
Prayer for Defense and Guidance — The Psalter, 1912
Prayer for the Oppressed — The Psalter, 1912
Stand Up and Bless the Lord — James Montgomery
The Church the Bride of Christ — The Psalter, 1912
The Folly of Unbelief — The Psalter, 1912
The Friendship of the Lord — The Psalter, 1912
The Godly Man — The Psalter, 1912
The Sins of Youth — The Psalter, 1912
We Give Thee But Thine Own — William Walsham How
We Know Thee Who Thou Art — William Bright

Same meter but needs editorial underlay: FESTAL SONG, SCHUMANN, ST. BRIDE, TRENTHAM.

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