Worship — Closing Hymns

For a season called to part

No. 272
Metre 7s.
Tune HART.
Words John Newton.
Music Hart.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

For a season called to part,Let us now ourselves commendTo the gracious eye and heartOf our ever-present Friend.

Jesus, hear our humble prayer;Tender Shepherd of thy sheep,Let thy mercy and thy careAll our souls in safety keep.

In thy strength may we be strongSweeten every cross and pain,And our wasting lives prolongTill we meet on earth again.

Then if thou thy help afford,Joyful songs to thee shall rise,And our souls shall praise the Lord,Who regards our humble cries.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—CLOSING HYMNS.»; hymn number «272» (large), tune name «HART. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «HART.» at the right in the composer's place (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one verse line pair per system, with «1.» before «For»; under the staves the words are divided «sea - son», «our -selves», «com-mend», «gra - cious», «ev - er - pres - ent» (joined here; «ever-present» keeps the hyphen of the compound — see uncertainties.md). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «240, 457, 37.» in bold italic figures (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 240, 457 or 37). «John Newton.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («prayer ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented, as printed. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.