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CCI. Parting

1 Blest be that dear, uniting love,
That will not let us part!
Our bodies may far off remove,
We still are one in heart.

2 Join'd in one spirit to our Head,
Where he appoints we go;
And still in Jesu's footsteps tread,
And shew his praise below.

3 O may we ever walk in him,
And nothing know beside,
Nothing desire, nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucify'd!

4 Closer and closer let us cleave
To his belov'd embrace;
Expect his fulness to receive,
And grace to answer grace.

5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace,
The same in mind and heart,
Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place,
Nor life, nor death can part.

6 But let us hasten to the day,
Which shall our flesh restore;
When death shall all be done away,
And bodies part no more!

Text Information

• First Line: Blest be the dear, uniting love
• Title: Parting
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: For Persons joined in Fellowship
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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