Verse 1

BLEST be the dear uniting love, That will not let us part; Our bodies may far off remove, We still are one in heart.

Verse 2

Joined in one spirit to our Head, Where he appoints we go; And still in Jesu’s footsteps tread, And show His praise below.

Verse 3

O may we ever walk in Him, And nothing know beside, Nothing desire, nothing esteem, But Jesus crucified!

Verse 4

Closer and closer let us cleave To His beloved embrace; Expect His fullness to receive, And grace to answer grace.

Verse 5

Partakers of the Savior’s grace, The same in mind and heart, Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, Nor life, nor death can part.

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