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Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;
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the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
[Verse 2]
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Before our Father's throne we pour our ardent prayers;
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our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.
[Verse 3]
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We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear,
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and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear.
[Verse 4]
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When we are called to part, it gives us inward pain;
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but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.