Verse 1. Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love!
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
Verse 2. Before our Father’s throne,
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
Verse 3. We share our mutual woes;
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
Verse 4. When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.
Verse 5. This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
Verse 6. From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
Text copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). The words were published in 1782, which places them in the public domain in the United States, so your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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