Dear ties of mutual succor bind

Verse 1

Dear ties of mutual succor bind The children of our feeble race, And if our brethren were not kind, This earth were but a weary place.

Verse 2

We lean on others as we walk Life’s twilight path, with pitfalls strewn; And ’twere an idle boast to talk Of treading that dim path alone.

Verse 3

Amid the snares misfortune lays Unseen beneath the steps of all, Blest is the love that seeks to raise, And stay and strengthen those who fall.

Verse 4

Till, taught by Him who for our sake Bore every form of life’s distress, With every passing year we make The sum of human sorrow less.