A Hymnal for Friends #17
Display Title: Father, Give Thy Benediction First Line: Father, give thy benediction Tune Title: VESPER HYMN Author: Samuel Longfellow Date: 1942
A Hymnal for Friends #17
Father, give Thy benediction,
Give Thy peace before we part;
Still our minds with truth's conviction,
Calm with trust each anxious heart.
Amen.
Source: Worship and Service Hymnal: For Church, School, and Home #539
First Line: | Father, give Thy benediction |
Author: | Samuel Longfellow |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Father, give Thy benediction. [Close of Divine Service.] Given anonymously in 1 stanza of 8 lines, in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, U.S.A., 1861, No. 127, and in the Boston Hymn and Tune Book, 1868.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)