224. Saviour, again to your dear name we raise

Author: John Ellerton (1826-93)

Saviour, again to your dear name we raise
with one accord our parting hymn of praise;
we give you thanks before our worship cease;
then, in the stillness, hear your word of peace.

2. Grant us your peace, Lord, on our homeward way:
with you began, with you shall end the day;
guard all the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
that in this place have called upon your name.

3. Grant us your peace, Lord, through the coming night,
turn all our darkness into perfect light;
from harm and danger keep us all night through,
for dark and light are both alike to you.

4. Grant us your peace throughout our earthly life:
comfort in sorrow, courage in the strife;
then, when your voice shall make our conflict cease,
call us, O Lord, to your eternal peace.