By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M.
      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 stili in Jesu's 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 fulness to receive
      And grace to answer grace.

      5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace,
      The same in mind and heart,
      Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place,
      Nor life, nor death can part.

      6 But let us hasten to the day
      Which shall our flesh restore,
      When death shall all be done away,
      And bodies part no more!