Virtual Hymns Singles | Blest be the tie

This hymn was composed by John Fawcett, an orphan at the age of twelve, became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller tells the story associated with this text:
This favorite hymn is said to have been written in 1772, to commemorate the determination of its author to remain with his attached people at Wainsgate. The farewell sermon was preached, the wagons were loaded, when love and tears prevailed, and Dr. Fawcett sacrificed the attraction of a London pulpit to the affection of his poor but devoted flock.
Fawcett continued to serve in Wainsgate and in the nearby village of Hebden Bridge for the remainder of his active ministry.
Fawcett titled this hymn "Brotherly Love." It is essentially about the communion of saints, bound together in love (st. 1), united in worship (st. 2), sharing each other's burdens (st. 3), and encouraging each other with the hope of eternal life in glory, where will be reunited with departed friends and freed "from sorrow, toil, and pain and sin (st. 4-6).
He wrote most of his hymns to be sung by his congregation at the conclusion of the sermon. They were published in Hymns adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion (1782). In the preface to his collection Fawcett apologized to "persons of an elevated genius" for his "plain verses" but expressed the hope that they would edify "humble Christians."

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Day 110 of listening to this classic 🇿🇲

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Amen ; This one reminds me of my late father but hope that one day we will meet again .

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Thank you. May God Bless your ministry RHI Media

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This song has really impacted on my heart. May God continue to bless this ministry...🙏🏿

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Amen and Amen. There is something I feel in this song which is unexplainable.

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Thank you. Here at the right time. God bless you RHI Media and Virtual Hymns

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Amen. Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love.

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Thanks, I can't play this one without repeating it over and over again 👏🏾

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A favourite beautifully executed I love the energy Elder Mulalazi powerful interpretation.

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I love it. Hallelujah

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Amen powerful. may God almighty bless your ministry all of you, may he grant you perseverance and humility in your work for him. May you bear fruit abundantly. Thank you for the music my bretheren

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Hallelujah 🙏

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Amen 🙏

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Amen🙏🙏.

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Amen