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Take Thy Pastor's Prayer And Blessing

Take thy pas­tor’s pray­er and bless­ing

Author: James Holme
Tune: SANCTUM (Booth)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Take thy pas­tor’s pray­er and bless­ing
Ere thou go­est from his care;
Peace with God in Christ pos­sess­ing,
May thy soul His mer­cies share.

2 Bear in mind the pro­mise spok­en
At the al­tar of the Lord;
Tremble lest the vow be brok­en,
And sin’s wag­es thy re­ward.

3 Joy and love and hope o’er­flow­ing
Shall thy hap­py por­tion be,
If thy soul with fer­vor glow­ing
Cleave to Je­sus stead­fast­ly.

4 Sorrow’s path may lie be­fore thee;
But if Christ be all thy stay,
Thou art pass­ing on to glo­ry,
And His grace will smooth the way.

5 Let thy pray­ers be dai­ly of­fered
With a strong ad­or­ing faith,
In the name of Him who suf­fered
To re­deem thy soul from death.

6 May each sun that o’er thee shin­eth
See thee feed­ing on His word,
Till at last when strength de­clin­eth,
Thou art meet to join thy Lord.

7 And, when life’s last hour is end­ing,
May thy loved ones see thee blest;
Unto Christ thy soul com­mend­ing
As it gains its heav’n­ly rest.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16264

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Author: James Holme

Holme, James, B.A., son of T. Holme, Orton, Westmorland, was born in 1801, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge (B.A. 1825). Ordained in 1825, he held successively the Incumbency of Low Harrowgate, the Vicarage of Kirkleatham, and the charge of Bolton, near Bradford. He died in 1882. He published Leisure Musings and Devotions, &c, 1835; Mount Grace Abbey, a poem, 1843, and with his brother, the Rev. T. Holme (q.v.), Hymns & Sacred Poetry, Christian Book Society, 1861. From this last work, "All things are ours, how abundant the treasure" (Praise in Sickness), in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, is taken. "God my Father, hear me pray" (Lent), in the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868, is attributed to him, and dated 1861. It is, however, from… Go to person page >

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First Line: Take thy pas­tor’s pray­er and bless­ing
Title: Take Thy Pastor's Prayer And Blessing
Author: James Holme
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poetry (London and Edinburgh: J. Brydone and Songs; Richmons: John Bell, 1861)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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