The Bond of Perfectness

How sweet this bond of per­fect­ness

The won­drous love of Je­sus;

A pure fore­taste of Heav­en’s bliss

Oh

fel­low­ship so pre­cious!

Oh breth­ren

how this per­fect love

Unites us all in Je­sus!

One heart

and soul

and mind

we prove

The un­ion Heav­en gave us.

The bond that cir­cles Heav­en’s pure—

Oh

won­drous! won­drous sto­ry!

Has dropped around the ho­ly here

And fills us all with glo­ry.

Oh

praise the Lord for love di­vine

That binds us all to­ge­ther;

A thou­sand chords our hearts en­twine

Forever and for­ev­er.

God ov­er all and in us all

And thro’ each ho­ly bro­ther;

No pow­er of earth or hell

with­al

Can rent us from each oth­er.

Oh

mys­te­ry of Heav­en’s peace!

Oh

bond of Heav­en’s un­ion!

Our souls in fel­low­ship em­brace

And live in sweet com­mun­ion.