At Parting with Friends

Lord, when together here we meet,

And taste thy heav'nly grace;

Thy smiles are so divinely sweet,

We're loth to leave the place.

But father, since it is thy will,

That we must part again;

Yet let thy special presence still,

With ev'ry one remain.

Let us all in Christ be one,

Bound with the cords of love;

Till we before the glorious throne

Shall joyful meet above.

There void of all destracting pains,

Our spirits ne'er shall tire;

But in seraphic, endless strains,

Redeeming love admire.

All sin and sorrow from each heart,

Shall then forever fly;

Nor shall a thought that we must part,

Once interrupt our joy.

And thus to all eternity,

Upon the heav'nly shore,

The great mysterious One in Three,

Jehovah we'll adore.