1
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship our spirit finds
Is like to that above.
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.
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 for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for 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.
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.
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and oneness reign
Through all eternity.
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Lagos, Nigeria
This song makes tears roll down my cheeks anytime I sing it. It's very heart touching and shows that humility, love and absolute trust in God are the most important things required to inspire any human. Thank You LORD for giving him the inspiration to write this song. It's a huge blessing to me.
Orlando, FL, United States
This song melts me every time I sing it. Beautiful and powerful words. Yes it humbles me, makes me feel loved and closer to God and my church family. Thank You Heavenly Father.
Yonkers, New York, United States
This is an inspirational hymn, it always makes me humble myself in the Lord and also encourages me to love mankind more and more. I thank Jehovah God for blessed me to have a serious relationship with His only begotten son Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Detroit, MI, United States
Orphaned when he was 12, then forced to work 14 hrs/day in a sweatshop, John Fawcett learned to read by candlelight. He was converted at 16 under the preaching of George Whitefield, and he was ordained a Baptist minister at the age of 25. He began his ministry at a poor church in Wainsgate in northern England. The small congregation could only afford to pay him a minimal salary, partly in potatoes and wool.
After 7 years of ministry, Fawcett received a call to the prestigious Carter's Lane Church in London. But as he was saying his farewells [with all his family's belongings already on the wagon] and saw the tears on the faces of his people, he changed his mind and decided to stay.
Not long afterward, he wrote this hymn for the congregation at Wainsgate. He recognized that the bond of love he knew there was worth more than any material wealth. - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton
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The 3rd line of the 1st stanza originally says:
The fellowship of kindred minds
Another version of the 1st line of the 3rd stanza says:
We share each other's woes,
There is an additional stanza before the last stanza:
This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
彼此連合(以愛相連, Blest Be the Tie That Binds), 教會聖詩367/生命聖詩218
Detroit, MI, United States
May this song be the reality of our church life.