694. C. M. Lutheran Coll.

Close of Communion Service.

1Pity the nations, O our God,

Constrain the earth to come;

Send thy victorious word abroad,

And bring the strangers home.

2We long to see thy churches full,

That all thy faithful race

May with one voice, and heart, and soul,

Sing thy redeeming grace.

The Same.

1From the table now retiring,

Which for us the Lord hath spread,

May our souls, refreshment finding,

Grow in all things like our Head.

2His example by beholding,

May our lives his image bear;

Him our Lord and Master calling,

His commands may we revere.

3Love to God and man displaying,

Walking steadfast in his way,--

Joy attend us in believing!

Peace from God, through endless day!