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541. God Be with You Till We Meet Again

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1 God be with you till we meet again;
loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd's care enfold you:
God be with you till we meet again.

2 God be with you till we meet again;
unseen wings protecting hide you,
daily manna still provide you:
God be with you till we meet again.

3 God be with you till we meet again;
when life's perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you:
God be with you till we meet again.

4 God be with you till we meet again;
keep love's banner floating o'er you;
smite death's threatening wave before you:
God be with you till we meet again.

Text Information
First Line: God be with you till we meet again
Title: God Be with You Till We Meet Again
Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1880, alt.)
Meter: 9.8.8.9
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Guidance; Providence; Sending
Tune Information
Name: RANDOLPH
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 9.8.8.9
Key: D Major
Notes: Alternate tune: GOD BE WITH YOU, 542


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A North American Congregational minister wrote this text as a Christian expansion of the root sense of “good-bye”: God be [with] ye/you. The tune, named for a cousin, was composed by one of the few 20th century British composers to make a major contribution to hymnody.


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