The Emmanuel Quartet: Music
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
(Public Domain)
Words by John Fawcett, 1772; Music by Johann G. Naegeli & Lowell Mason, 1845
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Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above
Before our Father’s throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one
Our comforts and our cares
We share our mutual woes
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear
When we asunder part
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart
And hope to meet again