1 Lord! dismiss us with Thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
2 Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy gospel's joyful sound:
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
To Thee our wants are known,
From Thee are all our powers;
Accept what is Thine own,
And pardon what is ours:
Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to Thy word a blessing give.
O grant that each of us
Now met before Thee here,
May meet together thus,
Where Thy redeemed appear:
And dwell with Christ, in heaven our home; "Even so; amen; Lord Jesus, come!"
1 Come, Christians! brethren! ere we part,
Join every voice and every heart;
One solemn hymn to God we raise,
One final song of grateful praise.
2 Christians! we here may meet no more, But there is yet a happier shore;
And there, released from toil and pain, Soon, brethren! we may meet again.
Now, Lord, we part awhile;
But still in spirit joined,
Embrace the happy toil
Thou hast to each assigned:
And while we do Thy blessed will,
We bear our heaven about us still.
O let us thus go on
In all Thy pleasant ways!
And armed with patience run
With joy the appointed race:
Keep us, and every sinking soul,
Till all attain the heavenly goal.
There we shall meet again,
When all our toils are o'er,
And death, and grief, and pain,
And parting are no more;
In the new earth and heaven above,-
The world of righteousness and love!
O happy, happy day,
That calls Thy exiles home;
When sorrows pass away,
And wanderers cease to roam: We meekly wait the dread release, And labour to be found in peace.
1 Gracious source of every blessing!
Guard our breasts from anxious fears;
May we, still Thy love possessing,
Sink into the vale of years.
2 All our hopes on Thee reclining,
Peace companion of our way,
May our sun, in smiles declining,
Rise in everlasting day.
1 Lord! now we part in Thy blest name, In which we here together came;
Grant us our few remaining days
To work Thy will and spread Thy praise. 2 Teach us in life and death to bless
The Lord, our strength and righteousness;
And grant us all to meet above;
Then shall we better sing Thy love.
1 May the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favour,
Rest upon us from above:
2 Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford.
1 Millions within Thy courts have met: Millions this day before Thee bowed: Their faces heavenward were set,
Vows with their lips to Thee they vowed:
2 But Thou, soul-searching God! hast known
The hearts of all that bent the knee,
And hast accepted those alone,
Whose very spirit worshipped Thee.
3 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh
Hath failed this day some suit to gain;
To those in trouble Thou wert nigh;
Not one hath sought Thy face in vain.
4 Thy poor were bountifully fed;
Thy chastened ones have kissed the rod;
Thy mourners have been comforted;
The pure in heart have seen their God.
5 Yet one prayer more;- and be it one
In which both heaven and earth accord:
Fulfil Thy promise to Thy Son;-
Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord!
1 Thy kingdom come, with power In every heart of man :
Thy peace and joy and righteousness
In all our bosoms reign!
2 The kingdom of established peace,
Which can no more remove;
The perfect power of godliness,
The omnipotence of love!
1 Part in peace! Is day before us?
Praise His name for life and light;
Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?
Bless His care who guards the night.
2 Part in peace! With deep thanksgiving,
Rendering, as we homeward tread,
Gracious service to the living,
Tranquil memory to the dead.
3 Part in peace! Such are the praises
God, our Maker, loveth best;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.
1 Soon will our fleeting hours be past,
And, as the setting sun
Now leaves the clouds in yonder west,
Our parting beams be gone.
2 May He from whom all blessings flow
Our sacred rites attend,
Unite our hearts in wisdom's ways,
Till life's short journey end:
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