Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name

236 Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name

1 Savior, again to Thy dear name we raise
   With one accord our parting hymn of praise;
   We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease,
   Then, lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of peace.

2 Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way;
   With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day.
   Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
   That in this house have called upon Thy name.

3 Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night;
   Turn Thou for us its darkness into light;
   From harm and danger keep Thy children free,
   For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,
   Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
   Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
   Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace. John Ellerton The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

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Cyberhymnal adds a couple of verses:

4. Grant us Thy peace—the peace Thou didst bestow
   On Thine apostles in Thine hour of woe;
   The peace Thou broughtest, when at eventide
   They saw Thy piercèd hands, Thy wounded side.
  

5. Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life;
   Peace to Thy church from error and from strife;
   Peace to our land, the fruit of truth and love;
   Peace in each heart, Thy Spirit from above.

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