
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 121 hymnals Topics: Dismissions and Doxologies Dismissions First Line: Thy presence, everlasting God! Lyrics: 1 Thy presence, everlasting God!
Wide through all nature spreads abroad:
Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,
In ev'ry place thy children keep.
2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and powers sustain;
When sep'rate, we rejoice to share
Thy counsels and thy gracious care.
3 To thee we now commit our ways,
And still implore thy heavenly grace;
Still cause thy face on us to shine,
And guard and guide us still as thine.
4 Give us, in thy beloved house,
Again to pay our grateful vows;
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around thy throne.
The Christian Farewell