Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Lord when together here we meet
Topic: Public Worship/Closing
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: Parting in Hope
Hymn Number: 557
Page Number: 201, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, when to-geth-er here we meet,
And taste thy heavenly grace,
Thy smiles are so di-vine-ly sweet,
We're loath to leave the place.
We're loath to leave the place,
We're loath to leave th place;
Thy smiles are so di-vine-ly sweet,
We're loath to leave the place.
CHO.- Oh, that will be joy-ful, joy-ful, joy-ful;
Oh, that will be joy-ful,
To meet to part no more;
To meet to part no more,
On Canaan's hap-py shore;
And sing the ev-er-last-ing song
With those who've gone be-fore.
Yet, Father, since it is thy will
That we must part again,
Oh let thy gracious presence still
With every one remain!
Then let us all in Christ be one,
Bound with the cords of love,
Till we, around thy glorious throne,
Shall joyous meet above:
Where sin and sorrow from each heart
Shall then forever fly,
And not one thought that we shall part
Once interrupt our joy.