Blest be the dear uniting love

44 Tiplady. 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 still in Jesus’ 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. 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.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

<idle musing>
Not one of Wesley's more popular hymns, only occurring in about 270 hymnals. But, as is usual with his hymns, there are more verses and hymnals pick and chose which ones. The first three verses seem pretty stable, but after that, it varies. As usual, Cyberhymnal has the fullest:

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

5. While thus we walk with Christ in light
   Who shall our souls disjoin,
   Souls, which Himself vouchsafes t’unite
   In fellowship divine!

6. We all are one who Him receive,
   The same in mind and heart,
   Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place,
   Nor life, nor death can part.

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

</idle musing>