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Text:Blest Be the Tie
Author:John Fawcett
Tune:DENNIS
Arranger:Lowell Mason
Composer:Johann G. Nägeli

267. Blest Be the Tie

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 our mutual 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.

Text Information
First Line: Blest be the tie that binds
Title: Blest Be the Tie
Author: John Fawcett (1971)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: The Church as Community: Identity; Christian unity; Church (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: DENNIS
Composer: Johann G. Nägeli (1828)
Arranger: Lowell Mason (1845)
Meter: SM
Key: F Major



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