12. BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS
by John Fawcett ©Public Domain.
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1. Blest be the tie that binds
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   Our heart in Christian love:
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   The fellowship of kindred minds
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   Is like to that a - bove

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2. Before our Father's throne
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   We pour our ardent prayers;
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   Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one,
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   Our comforts and our cares

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3. We share our mutual woes,
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   Our mutual burdens bear,
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   And often for each other flows
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   The sym-pa-thiz-ing tear.

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