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Text:Salem
Author:C. Wesley
Tune:SALEM
Composer:E. T. Hildebrand

263. Salem

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

Text Information
First Line: Blest be the dear uniting love
Title: Salem
Author: C. Wesley
Language: English
Publication Date: 1935
Scripture:
Tune Information
Name: SALEM
Composer: E. T. Hildebrand
Key: F Major or modal



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