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Text:Once More to Thee, O Lord
Author:Mrs. S. K. Bourne
Tune:GUINDON
Composer:E. P. Tate

611. Once More to Thee, O Lord

1 Once more to Thee, O Lord,
A family we come,
As from our varied work abroad
The ev’ning calls us home;
Lord, lift from ev’ry heart
The load of anxious care,
While drawing from the world apart,
We join in fervent pray’r.

2 O let Thy love and pow’r
Our ev’ry thought control,
And at this holy evening hour
Draw heavenward each soul!
The lives which Thou dost spare
Belong, O Lord, to Thee;
O may we own a Father’s care
And loving children be!

Text Information
First Line: Once more to Thee, O Lord
Title: Once More to Thee, O Lord
Author: Mrs. S. K. Bourne (1891)
Meter: S. M. D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Vesper
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: GUINDON
Composer: E. P. Tate
Meter: S. M. D.
Notes: Public Domain.



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