1 

   Blest be the tie that binds

   Our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship our spirit finds

   Is like to that above.

 2 

   Before our Father's throne,

   We pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one —

   Our comforts and our cares.

 3 

   We share our mutual woes;

   Our mutual burdens bear;

And often of each other flows

   The sympathizing tear.

 4 

   When we asunder part,

   It gives us inward pain;

But we shall still be joined in heart,

   And hope to meet again.

 5 

   From sorrow, toil, and pain,

   And sin we shall be free;

And perfect love and oneness reign

   Through all eternity.