First Line: 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.

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 for each other flows
The sympathising tear.

4 When we asunder part
It gives us inward pain ;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.