Blest be the tie that binds

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 each other’s 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.
This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
From sorrow, toil and pain,
And sin, we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

This song was written by John Fawcett, he became an ordained Baptist minister on this date in 1765. He wrote this song after deciding to stay at the small church he was at instead of going on to a large church in London [i] May this be our song , a song that we can sing honestly. Just as the Trinity is a community so must we live in community, we cannot go it alone.


[i] Robert J Morgan, On This Day (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), July 31.