Hymn: Blest Be the Ties That Bind

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20
Apr '24

Hymn: Blest Be the Ties That Bind

Posted on Apr 20, 2024 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

20
Apr '24

Today’s worship song focus :

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

 Galatians 3:28 (NASB95)          

 

 

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is

neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

 

John Fawcett was born in 1740 and was orphaned at the age of twelve. Upon hearing a message from evangelist George Whitefield at the age of 16, he felt a call to full time ministry. He received his training in the Baptist Church where he was later ordained as a minister in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. He later married his wife Mary, and they led a small rural church in Wainsgate. The church grew, as did his reputation as a pastor, and he was asked to move to a larger church in London. On the day they were to leave, his wife said she could not go, and he felt the same. So they unpacked their wagon and stayed. The following Sunday, he wrote this hymn to go along with his sermon.

 

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.

 

We need to wake up to the realization that it is the love of God that binds our hearts to one another. We need to have the determination to love people through every circumstance, even those that try to pull us apart. We will find that it will make us stronger and that we are truly loving as God loves us.

 

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Blest Be the Tie That Binds

 
1 Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.
 
2 Before our Father’s throne
we pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
our comforts and our cares.
 
3 We share our mutual woes,
our mutual burdens bear,
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.
 
4 When we are called to part,
it gives us inward pain;
but we shall still be joined in heart,
and hope to meet again.
 
5 This glorious hope revives
our courage by the way;
while each in expectation lives
and waits to see the day.
 
6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
and sin, we shall be free;
and perfect love and friendship reign
through all eternity.
 
 

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