An oldie but goodie

712 S. M.
Sympathy and mutual love.

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

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

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

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

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

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
   And sin we shall be free;
   And perfect love and friendship reign
   Through all eternity.
                            John Fawcett
                            Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)