The Cross of Love I - May the Lord bless and keep you / Ðường tình yêu (Rufino Zaragoza)

1. May the Lord bless and keep you
till your journey is complete.
May the face of God come shine on you;
God’s gracious light increase.
May the Holy One with kindness
look on you and give you peace, give you love,
to walk the Cross of Love.

2. May your heart hold creation,
all of nature do embrace.
May your pilgrimage on holy ground
awaken you to grace.
May the lowly and forgotten
show our Savior’s hidden face, found with love.
O walk the Cross of Love.

3. May your steps form a pathway
for the kingdom to appear.
May your course hold firm with constant truth
enduring doubt and fear.
May each sunrise find you eager
for the day’s an op’ning mirror of God’s love;
so walk the Cross of Love.

4. May the Lord bless and keep you
till your journey is complete.
May the face of God come shine on you;
God’s gracious light increase.
May the Holy One with kindness
look on you and give you peace, give you love,
to walk the Cross of Love.

See also alternate version: The Cross of Love - May the Voice of Angel Chorus / Song of Farewell (Rufino Zaragoza)

Composer: Rufino Zaragoza

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Blest Be The Tie That Binds

Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.

Before our Father's throne
we pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
our comforts and our cares.

We share each other's woes,
our mutual burdens bear;
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.

When we asunder part,
it gives us inward pain;
but we shall still be joined in heart,
and hope to meet again.

Text: John Fawcett (1782)
Tune: DENNIS, Meter: SM, by Johann G. Nageli, arr. Lowell Mason (1845)

God Be With You Till We Meet Again (Tune: Randolph)

See also version with Refrain: God Be With You Till We Meet Again

God be with you till we meet again
By His counsels guide, uphold you
With His sheep securely fold you
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
Neath His wings securely hide you
Daily manna still provide you
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
When life's perils thick confound you
Put His loving arms around you
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
Keep love's banner floating o'er you
Strike death's threatening wave before you
God be with you till we meet again

See also version with Refrain: God Be With You Till We Meet Again

Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin (1880)
Tune: RANDOLPH 98.89 (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906)

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

See also alternative tune: God Be With You Till We Meet Again (Tune: Randolph)

God be with you till we meet again
By His counsels guide, uphold you
With His sheep securely fold you
God be with you till we meet again

Refrain:

Till we meet, till we meet
Till we meet at Jesus' feet
Till we meet, till we meet
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
Neath His wings securely hide you
Daily manna still provide you
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
When life's perils thick confound you
Put His loving arms around you
God be with you till we meet again

God be with you till we meet again
Keep love's banner floating o'er you
Strike death's threatening wave before you
God be with you till we meet again

See also alternative tune: God Be With You Till We Meet Again (Tune: Randolph)

Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin (1880)
Music: Willim G. Tomer (1880)