LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| | Writer(s): | Henry James Buckoll
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1850
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 68:28
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 458
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 75
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 570
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 458
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 870
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 372
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 469
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MUSIC
| Name: | ETON COLLEGE
| | Meter: | 8 7 8 7 4 7
| | Writer(s): | Joseph Barnby
| | Dates: | 1889
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon all, their faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
|:May Thy children:|
Ne’er again Thy Spirit grieve.
2. Bless Thou all our days of leisure;
Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure;
Pure and blameless may it be;
|:May our gladness:|
Draw us evermore to Thee.
3. By Thy kindly influence cherish
All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish
By Thy mightier power restrained;
|:Seek we ever:|
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.
4. Let Thy father-hand be shielding
All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store;
|:Those returning,:|
Make more faithful than before.
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