Once more before we part
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
4 words changed · 3 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #266
Verse 1
Once more before we part,
We'll bless the Saviour's name; ;
Record his mercies, every heart; ;
Sing, every tongue, the same.
Verse 1
Once more before we part,
We'll bless the Saviour's name;
Record his mercies, every heart;
Sing, every tongue, the same.
Not in this version
Verse 2
Lord, in thy name we came,
Thy blessing still impart;
We met in Jesus' sacred name,
In Jesus' name we part.
Verse 2
May we receive his word,
And feed thereon, and grow; ;
Go on to seek and know the Lord,
And practise what we know.
Verse 3
May we receive his word,
And feed thereon, and grow;
Go on to seek and know the Lord,
And practice what we know.
Not in this version
Verse 4
Soon shall we hear him say,
'Ye blessed children, come!'
Soon will he call us hence away
To our eternal home.
Not in this version
Verse 5
There shall each raptured tongue
His endless praise proclaim,
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.