1. Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Chris-tian love; ar - dent pray'rs; burdens bear; fore our Fa-ther's throne, We pour 3. We When we our share our mu - tual woes; Our mu tual asun - der part, It gives us in - ward pain; 254 The fellow - ship of kin-dred minds Is like to that a- -bove. Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares, flows, The sympathiz-ing tear. joined in heart, And hope to meet again. And often for each other But we shall still be * Tenor and Bass sing the upper large notes; the Sop. and Alto the lower. Small notes with the large ones for organist. 1. There's a wide-ness in God's mer-cy, Like the wide-ness of the sea, 2. There is welcome for the sin - ner, And more grac-es for the good. 3. For the love of God is broad-er Than the measure of man's mind; If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; O 4 There's a kind-ness in His jus-tice, Which is more than lib - er - ty. There is mercy with the Sav-ior; There is heal-ing in His blood. won-der- ful - ly kind. And the heart of the e- ter - nal, Is most |