Blest Be the Tie That Binds

words by John Fawcett -- 1872

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 our mutual 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.

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.

Luke 12:15

...a man's life consist not in the abundance of the things he possesses.