344 - Holy Eucharist

1. Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing;

fill our hearts with joy and peace;

let us each, thy love possessing,

triumph in redeeming grace:

O refresh us, O refresh us,

traveling through this wilderness.

2. Thanks we give and adoration

for thy Gospel's joyful sound:

may the fruits of thy salvation

in our hearts and lives abound:

every faithful, ever faithful

to thy truth may we be found;

3. do that when thy love shall call us,

Savior, from the world away,

fear of death shall not appall us,

glad thy summons to obey.

May we ever, may we ever

reign with thee in endless day.

Words: Att. John Fawcett (1739/40-1817) Music: Sicilian Mariners, Sicilian melody; first published The European Magazine and London Review, 1792, alt.