Sunday's Hymn: Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love:
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

Before our Father’s throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way,
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

From sorrow, toil and pain,
And sin, we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

—John Fawcett

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• By Faith at Everyday Doxology
• Lord, Speak to Me at The Happy Wonderer
• Come and welcome, sinner, come at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 37, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian

Sunday's Hymn: For All the Saints

For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of Glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Alleluia! Alleluia

—William W. How

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• Blessed Assurance at The Outspoken Tulip
• Ancient Words at The Upward Call
• Here Is Love Vast As the Ocean at Everyday Doxology
• O How I Love Jesus at The Happy Wonderer
• Salvation to the Lamb at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 36, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian

Sunday's Hymn: I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

I love thy Kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode,
The church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.

I love thy church, O God:
Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.

For her my tears shall fall,
For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be giv’n,
Till toils and cares shall end.

Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heav’nly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

Jesus, thou Friend Divine,
Our Saviour and our King,
Thy hand from ev’ry snare and foe
Shall great deliv’rance bring.

Sure as thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be giv’n
The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heav’n.

—Timothy Dwight

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• My Soul Finds Rest at The Upward Call
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God at Everyday Doxology
• Gird on the Royal Armor at The Happy Wonderer
• To Christ the Lord at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 35, 2018 at The Thirsty Theologian
• My ways and yours at Pyromaniacs