Blest Be the Tie That Binds
The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
1 word changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #410 · tune Boylston → [unclear]
Verse 1
Blessed be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love!
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
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 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 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 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.
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