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

When here our pathways part,
We suffer bitter pain;
Yet, one in Christ and one in heart,
We hope to meet again.

This post is in memory of an honorable man who will be missed by many.

Above is an excerpt of Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Hymn #464 from The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Eph. 4:3
Author: John Fawcett, 1772, alt.
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1832
Tune: “Boylston”

above painting: Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh

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