“Of Thy love, some gracious token,
Grant us, Lord, before we go;
Bless Thy word which has been spoken,
Life and peace on all bestow;
When we join the world again,
Let our hearts with Thee remain!
0 direct us, And protect us!
Till we gain the heav'nly shore,
Where Thy people want no more."
Both forms of the text are in common use in Great Britain and America.
Of Thy love some gracious token. T. Kelly. [Close of Service.] First published in his Collection of Psalms & Hymns, Dublin, 1802, No. 256, in the following form:—
“Of Thy love, some gracious token,
Grant us, Lord, before we go;
Bless Thy word which has been spoken,
Life and peace on all bestow;
When we join the world again,
Let our hearts with Thee remain!
0 direct us, And protect us!
Till we gain the heav'nly shore,
Where Thy people want no more."
This text was rewritten and included in the 27th edition of Rippon's Baptist Selection, 1827, No. 373, Pt. 2, as:—
“Grant us, Lord, some gracious token
Of Thy love before we part;
Crown Thy word which has been spoken,
Life and peace to each impart;
And all blessings
Which shall sanctify the heart."
Both forms of the text are in common use in Great Britain and America.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)