LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
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| | Dates: | 1742
| | Bible Refs: | 1 Co 2:2
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 534
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 25
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 752
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 712
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 566
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MUSIC
Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 712
| Bb
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Alternate Tunes
| HOWARD | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Wilson's Psalms | | ST. PETER | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Alexander Robert Reinagle | | EVAN | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | William Henry Havergal & Lowell Mason | | FAITH | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | John Bacchus Dykes |
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| 1. Blest be the dear uniting love,
That will not let us part!
Our bodies may far off remove,
We still are one in heart.
2. Joined in one spirit to our Head,
Where He appoints we go;
And still in Jesus’ footsteps tread,
And show His praise below.
3. O may we ever walk in Him,
And nothing know beside;
Nothing desire, nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucified.
4. Closer and closer let us cleave
To His beloved embrace;
Expect His fullness to receive
And grace to answer grace.
5. While thus we walk
with Christ in light
Who shall our souls disjoin,
Souls, which Himself
vouchsafes t’unite
In fellowship divine!
6. We all are one who Him receive,
The same in mind and heart,
Nor joy, nor grief,
nor time, nor place,
Nor life, nor death can part.
7. Partakers of the Savior’s grace,
The same in mind and heart,
Nor joy, nor grief,
nor time, nor place,
Nor life, nor death can part.
8. But let us hasten to the day
Which shall our flesh restore,
When death shall all
be done away,
And bodies part no more!
9. **alt verses
10. To Him closer let us cleave
And all His ways embrace;
Expect His fullness to receive
And grace to answer grace.
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