Scripture Verse

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. Numbers 6:24

Introduction

Words: Jo­seph Hart, 1762. Ap­peared in his Sup­ple­ment (num­ber 78) to Hymns Com­posed on Va­ri­ous Sub­jects.

Music: He­bron Lo­well Ma­son, 1830 (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Dismiss us with Thy bless­ing, Lord!
Help us to feed up­on Thy Word;
All that has been amiss, for­give,
And let Thy truth with­in us live.

Though we are guil­ty, Thou art good;
Sprinkle our works with Je­sus’ blood;
Give ev­ery fet­tered soul re­lease,
And bid us all de­part in peace.