540 | Glory to God#541 | 542 |
Text: | God Be with You Till We Meet Again |
Author: | Jeremiah Eames Rankin |
Tune: | RANDOLPH |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 God be with you till we meet again;
loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd's care enfold you:
God be with you till we meet again.
2 God be with you till we meet again;
unseen wings protecting hide you,
daily manna still provide you:
God be with you till we meet again.
3 God be with you till we meet again;
when life's perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you:
God be with you till we meet again.
4 God be with you till we meet again;
keep love's banner floating o'er you;
smite death's threatening wave before you:
God be with you till we meet again.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God be with you till we meet again |
Title: | God Be with You Till We Meet Again |
Author: | Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1880, alt.) |
Meter: | 9.8.8.9 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Guidance; Providence; Sending |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RANDOLPH |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | 9.8.8.9 |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Alternate tune: GOD BE WITH YOU, 542 |
A North American Congregational minister wrote this text as a Christian expansion of the root sense of “good-bye”: God be [with] ye/you. The tune, named for a cousin, was composed by one of the few 20th century British composers to make a major contribution to hymnody.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |