Bless be the tie that binds

Blest Be The Tie That Binds

Chip Houston sings while Dave Caudill plays the organ. HYMN, 306 Blest Be the Tie That Binds DENNIS TEXT: John Fawcett, 1782 MUSIC: Johann George Nägeli, 1828; arr. Lowell Mason, 1845 Orphaned when he was twelve, then forced to work fourteen hours a day in a sweatshop, John Fawcett learned to read by candlelight.

Just As I Am

“Just As I Am, without One Plea”

Chip Houston sings while Dave Caudill plays the organ. HYMN, 442 ~ WOODWORTH LM TEXT: Charlotte Elliott, 1834; MUSIC: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1849 When illness limited her involvement in a bustling household, Elliot wrote this hymn that helped her both to achieve and to express a renewed sense of worth grounded in Christ’s self-giving.