The Bond of Love

Representative Text

1 Praise waits in Zion, Lord for Thee:
Thy saints adore Thy holy name;
Thy creatures bend the obedient knee,
And humbly now Thy presence claim.

2 Eternal Source of truth and light.
To Thee we look, on Thee we call;
Lord, we are nothing in Thy sight,
But Thou to us art all in all.

3 Still may Thy children in Thy word
Their common trust and refuge see;
O bind us to each other, Lord,
By one great bond, – the love of Thee.

4 Here, at the portal of Thy house,
We leave our mortal hopes and fears;
Accept our prayers and bless our vows,
And dry our penitential tears.

5 So shall our sun of hope arise,
With brighter and still brighter ray,
Till Thou shalt bless our longing eyes
With beams of everlasting day.

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #12

Author: James Edward Smith

Smith, Sir James Edward, born at Norwich Dec. 2, 1759; died March 17, 1828. A distinguished botanist, and President of the Linnaean Society from its foundation in 1788 to the time of his death. He was knighted when the Prince Regent became, in 1814, a Patron of the Society. Smith studied medicine at Edinburgh, and, in 1786, graduated as a physician at Leyden. After further travels abroad he finally settled down at Norwich in 1797. He published English Botany in 36 vols. (beginning in 1790) and various other botanical works. He was also a large contributor to Rees's Encyclopaedia. The friend of Dr. Enfield and John Taylor, he was also a member of the congregation meeting in the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and a subscriber to the British and For… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee; Thy saints adore Thy holy name
Title: The Bond of Love
Author: James Edward Smith
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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FREEDOM (Higgins)


HURSLEY

HURSLEY is a Protestant French Huguenot melody by an anonymous composer.

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #59

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d430

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #299

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Chiming Voices #188d

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #45

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Church Harmonies #62

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a289

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Devotional hymns #S30

Forest Songs for Chautauqua Assemblies #d41

Hallowed Songs #d281

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Hallowed Songs #4

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #67

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #67

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Hymns and Tunes #289

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #45

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #45

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #59

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Jewels of Praise #159b

Jubilant Voices #d146

Melodies of the Church #d830

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New Hymn and Tune book #201f

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New Hymn and Tune Book #201f

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Our Glad Hosanna #47

Parish Psalmody #d663

Parish Psalmody #d676

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d551

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #107

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d664

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Sacred Poetry #226

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Songs of Pilgrimage #249

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #21

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #12

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d697

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #3a

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d643

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The Centenary Singer #25a

The Christian Psalmist #d555

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P65c

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1151

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The Devotional Chimes #152c

The Gospel Praise Book #d357

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The Gospel Psalmist #27

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The Harp #151

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a151

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The Heart and Voice #36a

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The Hymnal #3

The Modern Psalmist #d254

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The New Jubilee Harp #S3

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The Palm #90a

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The Psalmist #31

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The Psalmist #31

The Psalmodist #d182

The Psaltery #d224

The Saints' Harp #d684

The Saints' Hymnal #d234

The Saints' Hymnal #d302

The Tabernacle #d251

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #163

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The Tribute of Praise #163

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The Tribute of Praise #163

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d217

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