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Farewell hymn for missionaries.
Eternal Lord! whose power
Can calm the heaving ocean,
Exalted thou,
Yet gracious bow;
Accept our warm devotion.
2 For thee, our all we leave,
Nor drop a tear of sadness;
As on we glide,
Be thou our guide,
And fill our hearts with gladness.
3 We go ’mid pagan gloom
To spread the truth victorious;
Thy blessing send,
Thy word attend,
And make its triumph glorious.
4 And when our toils are done,
Smooth thou the dying pillow:
O, bring us blest
To endless rest,
Safe o’er death’s troubled billow!
Ray Palmer.