Scripture Verse

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Numbers 6:24–26

Introduction

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Flavius J. Lutz (1880–1946)

Words: Grace L. Lutz, 1905. in The Praise Book for Young Peo­ple’s So­cie­ties, Church Pray­er Meet­ings and Sun­day Schools, ed­it­ed by How­ard B. Grose & George B. Graff (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1906), page 44.

Music: Fla­vi­us J. Lutz (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a bet­ter pho­to of Fla­vi­us Lutz (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Grace L. H. Lutz (1865–1947)

Lyrics

As we are part­ing,
May God go with you,
Give you His com­fort,
Make His pro­mise true.

Often be­fore Him
Our souls shall meet,
In sweet com­mun­ion
At the mer­cy seat.

God grant His glo­ry
Through us may shine,
Loving re­flect­ion
Of the life di­vine.

If on the mor­row
Dangers shall come,
May guard­ian an­gels
Camp round about your home.

Safe in the shel­ter,
When storms be­tide you,
Under His strong wings
Close may He hide you.

Now, peace go with you,
In joy or pain,
And, in His tem­ple,
May we meet again.