Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts is 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 each other's woes,

Our mutual burdens bear

And often for each other flows

The sympathizing tear.



When we asunder past

It gives us inward pain,

But we shall still be joined in heart,

And hope to meet again...