At Parting

Blest be the dear, uniting love,
That will not let us part;
Our bodies may far oft" remove,
We still are join'd in heart.

Join'd in one Spirit to our Head,
Where He appoints we go,
And still in Jesu's footsteps tread,
And do His work below.

O let us ever walk in Him,
And nothing know beside,
Nothing desire, nothing esteem,
But Jesus crucified.

Closer and closer let us cleave
To His beloved embrace;
Expect His fulness to receive,
And grace to answer grace.

While thus we walk with Christ in light,
Who shall our souls disjoin?
Souls, which Himself vouchsafes to' unite
In fellowship Divine!

We all are one who Him receive,
And each with each agree;
In Him the One, the Truth, we live,
Blest point of unity!

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:

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