Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) ‎#74

74. Blest Be the Dear, Uniting Love

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.

2 Joined in one Spirit to our Head,
Where He appoints we go,
And still in Jesus' footsteps tread,
And show His praise below.

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

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

Text Information

• First Line: Blest be the dear uniting love
• Title: Blest Be the Dear, Uniting Love
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 3:8
• Topic: Closing Hymns; Love: brotherly; Unity & Peace

Tune Information

• Name: SALEM
• Composer: Ephraim Timothy Hildebrand (1904)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major