Blest be the tie that binds

Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship our spirit finds

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.

From sorrow

toil

and pain

And sin we shall be free;

And perfect love and oneness reign

Through all eternity.