Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians ‎#189

189. Friend's Parting Hymn

1 Our souls by love together knit,
Cemented mix'd in one,
One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice,
'Tis heav'n on earth begun;
Our hearts have burn'd while Jesus spoke,
And glow'd with sacred fire
He stop'd and talk'd and fed, and bless'd,
And fill'd th' inlarg'd desire.

Chorus:
A Saviour let creation sing,
A Saviour let all Heaven ring
He's God with us we feel him ours,
His fulness in our soul he pours:
'Tis almost done, 'tis almost o'er
We're joining them who're gone before,
We then shall meet to part no more,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen, Amen.

2 We're soldiers fighting for our God,
Let trembling cowards fly;
We'll stand unshaken firm and fix'd
With Christ to live and die:
Let devils rage and hell assail,
We'll cut our passage through;
Let foes unite and friends desert,
We'll seize the crown our due. [Chorus]

3 The little cloud increases still,
The heav'ns are big with rain;
We haste to catch the teeming show'r,
And all its moisture drain:
A rill, a stream, a torrent flows,
But pour the mighty flood;
O sweep the nations, shake the earth,
Till all proclaim thee God. [Chorus]

4 And when thou mak'st thy jewels up
And sets thy starry crown,
When all thy sparkling gems shall shine,
Proclaim'd by thee thine own;
May we, we little band of love
Be sinners sav'd by grace,
From glory into glory chang'd,
Behold thee face to face. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Our souls by love together knit
• Title: Friend's Parting Hymn
• Refrain First Line: A Saviour let creation sing
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1803
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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