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Free accompaniment for Blest Be the Tie That Binds (John Fawcett): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BOYLSTON (Lowell Mason) in four-part harmony, 6 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1Blest be the tie that binds
- Our hearts in Christian love;
- The fellowship of kindred minds
- Is like to that above.
- 2Before our Father’s throne
- We pour our ardent prayers;
- Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
- Our comforts and our cares.
- 3We share our mutual woes,
- Our mutual burdens bear;
- And often for each other flows
- The sympathizing tear.
- 4When we at death must part,
- It gives us inward pain,
- But we shall still be joined in heart
- And hope to meet again.
- 5From sorrow, toil and pain
- And sin we shall be free;
- And perfect love and friendship reign
- Thro' all eternity.
- 6Amen.
About this music
BOYLSTON — Lowell Mason. 'Boylston' Lowell Mason, 1832.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "The Psaltry" 1845 by Lowell Mason Page 151. In The Psaltry, the Tenor carries the melody. It is moved to the Soprano. The Soprano is then lowered one octave and made the Tenor part. Lyrics from "A collection of hymns for the use of the tabernacles in Scotland" 1800 Hymn 140 page 127; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Blest Be the Tie That Binds page.
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