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Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace;
Oh! refresh us,
Traveling through this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give and adoration,
For thy gospel’s joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
May thy presence
With us, evermore, be found.
3 So, whene’er the signal’s given,
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angel’s wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
We shall surely
Reign with Christ in endless day.
Walter Shirley, 1774.