Scripture Verse

When they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Acts 13:3

Introduction

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Asa B. Everett (1828–1875)

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in The Bap­tist Hymn Book, ed­it­ed by Will­iam P. Bid­dle & Will­iam J. Newb­orn (Wash­ing­ton, DC: Co­lum­bi­an Of­fice, by John S. Mee­han, 1825).

Music: Al­vord Asa B. Ev­er­ett (1828–1875) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Ev­er­ett,

Lyrics

Go with Thy ser­vant, Lord,
His ev­ery step at­tend;
All need­ful help to him af­ford,
And bless him to the end.

Preserve him from all wrong;
Stand Thou at his right hand:
And keep him from the slan­der­ous tongue
And per­se­cut­ing band.

May he pro­claim aloud
The won­ders of Thy grace;
And do Thou to the list­en­ing crowd,
His faith­ful la­bors bless.

Farewell, dear la­bor­er, go;
We part with thee in love;
And if we meet no more be­low,
O may we meet above.