1 There’s many a bond for bane or bliss,
But never a bond on earth like this—
The bond of brotherly love;
All others may be but ties of earth,
In lowest desires may have their birth,
But his is sent from above.

Refrain:
The bond of love, the bond of love,
The bond of brotherly love.

2 Together we’ve walked and talked of home,
Together have prayed that he might come—
The Spirit, heavenly dove;
There’s sometimes been sorrow, sometimes joy,
But ever we’ve found, without alloy,
The bond of brotherly love. [Refrain]

3 Believers have prayed and toiled and fought,
Till they, it would seem to me, had caught
A light from heaven above;
Though battles have sometimes gone amiss,
We’ve rallied again because of this,
The bond of brotherly love. [Refrain]