Communion of Saints
Blest Be The Tie That Binds
- Words:
- John Fawcett, 1782.
- Music:
- Music and
- Setting:
- 'Boylston' Lowell Mason, 1832.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6
- 1Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Christian love;The fellowship of kindred mindsIs like to that above.
- 2Before our Father's throneWe pour our ardent prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are oneOur comforts and our cares.
- 3We share each other's woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing tear.
- 4When we asunder part,It gives us inward pain;But we shall still be joined in heart,And hope to meet again.
- 5This glorious hope revivesOur courage by the way;While each in expectation lives,And longs to see the day.
- 6From sorrow, toil and pain,And sin, we shall be free,And perfect love and friendship reignThrough all eternity.
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- Written in 1782, the words are in 2,618 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Boylston, is in 1,285 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.