Take Thy Pastor’s Prayer and Blessing

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.

Bear in mind the pro­mise spok­en

At the al­tar of the Lord;

Tremble lest the vow be brok­en

And sin’s wag­es thy re­ward.

Joy and love and hope o’er­flow­ing

Shall thy hap­py por­tion be

If thy soul with fer­vor glow­ing

Cleave to Je­sus stead­fast­ly.

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.

Let thy pray­ers be dai­ly of­fered

With a strong ad­or­ing faith

In the name of Him who suf­fered

To re­deem thy soul from death.

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.

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.