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Text:I Bind My Heart This Tide
Author:Lauchlan M. Watt
Tune:UNION
Composer:J. Randall Zercher

556. I Bind My Heart This Tide

1 I bind my heart this tide
to the Galilean’s side,
to the wounds of Calvary,
to the Christ who died for me.

2 I bind my soul this day
to the neighbor far away,
and the stranger near at hand,
in this town, and in this land.

3 I bind my heart in thrall
to the God, the Lord of all,
to the Christ, the poor one’s friend,
and the Spirit he did send.

4 I bind myself to peace,
to make strife and envy cease.
God! Knit secure the cord
of my thralldom to my Lord!
Amen.

Text Information
First Line: I bind my heart this tide
Title: I Bind My Heart This Tide
Author: Lauchlan M. Watt
Meter: 6.7.7.7
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ;
Topic: Baptism; Commitment; Discipleship (6 more...)
Source: The Tryst: A Book of the Soul, 1907, alt.
Tune Information
Name: UNION
Composer: J. Randall Zercher (1965)
Meter: 6.7.7.7
Key: d minor
Source: The Mennonite Hymnal, 1969
Copyright: © 1965 J. Randall Zercher



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