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Text:Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant
Author:Rev. C. H. L. Schuette, D. D.
Tune:TONBRIDGE
Composer:Rev. C. J. Taylor

441. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant

1 Lord, now let test Thou Thy servant
From this life depart in peace!
Praise be Thine, and blessings fervent,
For the wearied soul's release.

2 He who saw Thy great salvation,
With the eye of faith and love,
In this earthly habitation,
Walketh now by sight above!

3 Cares and crosses all are over,
Sin and sorrow overcome;
And the soul, Christ her Lover,
Hath at last been taken home.

4 While life's paths we still are pressing,
Grant us, Father, steadfast faith,
And, for Christ's sake, grant the blessing
Of a peaceful, Christian death.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant
Author: Rev. C. H. L. Schuette, D. D. (1880)
Meter: No. 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Death and Burial
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: TONBRIDGE
Composer: Rev. C. J. Taylor
Meter: No. 5
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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