The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3608

3608. Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing (Buckoll)

1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon all, their faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
May Thy children
Ne’er again Thy Spirit grieve.

2. Bless Thou all our days of leisure;
Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure;
Pure and blameless may it be;
May our gladness
Draw us evermore to Thee.

3. By Thy kindly influence cherish
All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish
By Thy mightier power restrained;
Seek we ever
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.

4. Let Thy father-hand be shielding
All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store;
Those returning,
Make more faithful than before.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing
• Title: Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing (Buckoll)
• Author: Henry J. Buckoll (1850)
• Meter: 87.87.47
• Language: English
• Source: Psalms and Hymns for Rugby School Chapel, 1850
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ETON COLLEGE
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1889)
• Meter: 87.87.47
• Incipit: 32214 33254 32127
• Key: F Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
• Copyright: Public Domain