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Text:Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:NELSON
Composer:J. P. Holbrook

132. Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever

1 Keep us, Lord, oh, keep us ever;
Vain our hope, if left by thee;
We are thine; oh, leave us never,
Till thy glorious face we see;
Then to praise thee
Through a bright eternity.

2 Precious is thy word of promise,
Precious to thy people here;
Never take thy presence from us,
Jesus, Saviour, still be near:
Living, dying,
May thy name our spirits cheer.

Text Information
First Line: Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever
Author: Thomas Kelly
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Topic: Close of Service
Tune Information
Name: NELSON
Composer: J. P. Holbrook
Meter: 8s, 7s, 4s
Key: A♭ Major



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