LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Fawcett
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1782
| | Bible Refs: | Gal 6:2; Mt 11:30; Hos 11:4
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 355
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 366
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 498
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 507
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 60
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 420
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 754
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
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| 286
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 438
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 506
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 49
| STELBAP
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| 40
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 409
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 555
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 489
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 495
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 285
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 557
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MUSIC
Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 286
| F
| Baptist Hymnal
| 366
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 506
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 355
| G
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 49
| G
| Believers Hymn Book
| 351
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2. Blest are the sons of peace,
Whose hearts and hopes are one,
Whose kind designs
to serve and please
Thro' all their actions run.
3. Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes,
our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
4. We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
5. When for awhile we part,
This thought will soothe our pain,
That we shall still
be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.
6. This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way,
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
7. From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love
and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
8. **alt verses
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