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Text:A Parting Hymn We Sing
Author:Aaron R. Wolfe
Tune:SCHUMANN
Media:MIDI file

5564. A Parting Hymn We Sing

1 A parting hymn we sing
Around Thy table, Lord,
Again our grateful tribute bring,
Our solemn vows record.

2 Here have we seen Thy face,
And felt Thy presence here;
So may the savor of Thy grace,
In word and life appear.

3 The purchase of Thy blood,
By sin no longer led,
The path our dear Redeemer trod
May we rejoicing tread.

4 In self forgetting love
Be our communion shown,
Until we join the Church above,
And know as we are known.

Text Information
First Line: A parting hymn we sing
Title: A Parting Hymn We Sing
Author: Aaron R. Wolfe (1858)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Church Melodies, by Thomas Hastings (New York: 1858)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: BOYLSTON, Lowell Mason, 1832
Tune Information
Name: SCHUMANN
Meter: SM
Incipit: 51567 11432 11771
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Cantica Laudis, by Lowell Mason and George J. Webb (New York: Mason & Law, 1850)
Copyright: Public Domain



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