Text: | With Your Presence, Lord |
Author: | Christian Gregor |
Translator: | John Swertner |
Tune: | COVENANT |
With your presence, Lord, our Head and Savior,
bless us all, we humbly pray;
our dear heavenly Father’s love and favor
be our comfort every day.
May God's Spirit now in each proceeding
favor us with his most gracious leading;
thus shall we be truly blessed
both in labor and in rest.
[By the substitution of pronouns ("him", "her", "them"),
this stanza can be used for any occasion.]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | With your presence, Lord, our Head and Savior |
Title: | With Your Presence, Lord |
Author: | Christian Gregor (1767) |
Translator: | John Swertner (1789, alt.) |
Meter: | 10.7.10.7.10.10.7.7. Trochaic |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Special Occasions; Blessing; Christ--Presence of(3 more...) |
Notes: | Moravian Birthday Hymn, also used at times of parting and farewell. By the substitution of pronouns, this stanza can be used for any occasion. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | COVENANT |
Meter: | 10.7.10.7.10.10.7.7. Trochaic |
Notes: | 185 A in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns |