When souls, tho' parted, can unite

When souls, tho' parted, can unite
In prayer and praise, — how sure, how bright
The glorious path that lies
'Mid many a doubt, and many a tear,
To a reunion— if not here —
Hereafter in the skies.

To be assured that we may meet
Together round the mercy-seat
At morn and evening prayer,
And to the same eternal spring
Our weary, thirsty souls may bring,
To sanctify them there!

And this on earth! — how like a spot
Of Eden where the curse is not,
By God in mercy spared,
To be by tender hearts that love
And angels' spirits from above,
In blest communion shared.