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The Lord Be With Us
Verse 1
The Lord be with us as we bend
His blessing to receive;
His gift of peace upon us send
Before His courts we leave.
His blessing to receive;
His gift of peace upon us send
Before His courts we leave.
Verse 2
The Lord be with us as we walk
Along our homeward road;
In silent thought or friendly talk
Our hearts be still with God.
Along our homeward road;
In silent thought or friendly talk
Our hearts be still with God.
Verse 3
The Lord be with us till the night
Infold us all to rest;
Be He of every heart the light,
Of every home the guest.
Infold us all to rest;
Be He of every heart the light,
Of every home the guest.
John Ellerton wrote this closing benediction hymn, one of several dismissal pieces he composed, and it was set to music by Arthur Henry Brown for congregational use.