1	Blest be the tie that binds     Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds     Is like that to that above.
2	Before our Father's throne     We pour our ardent pray'rs; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,     Our comforts and our cares.
3	We share each other's woes,     Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows     The sympathizing tear.
4	This glorious hope revives     Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives,     And longs to see the day.
5	From sorrow, toil and pain,     And sin we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign,     Through all eternity.
John Fawcett