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I Bind My Heart

I bind my heart this tide

Author: Lauchlan MacLean Watt (1907)
Published in 33 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

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.

Source: Voices Together #556

Author: Lauchlan MacLean Watt

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2732
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Chalice Hymnal #350

Text

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #508

Text

Gather Comprehensive #668

Hymnal #411

Text

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #508

Text

RitualSong #790

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2732

Text

Voices Together #556

Include 25 pre-1979 instances
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