SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 673
May God be with you till we meet again,
May God be with you, keep you safe till then;
And may His blessings be within your heart,
May God be with you while we’re apart,
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The anonymous words of this benediction are centered around the covenant between Jacob and Laban, made at the memorial stone, or watchtower, at Mizpah, recorded in Genesis 31:49: “The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.” In 1969, while Wayne Hooper (1920-; see Biographies) was minister of music at Vallejo Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church, Glendale, California, Lloyd Whitsett, a long-time bass in the choir, handed him the poem, saying it would make a good benediction. Wayne set it to music, originally in the key of F. It was sung at that church for several years at the close of the service.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
1
May God be with you Till we meet again,
May God be with you, Keep you safe till then;
And may His blessings Be within your heart,
May God be with you While we’re apart,
May God be with you.
2
May God be with you, Watch you from above,
May God protect you in His tender love;
And with the dawning Of each bright, new day,
May God be with you, To guide your way,
May God be with you.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Gen 31:49
Author
Anon.
Copyright
Music copyright 1969 Wayne Hooper
Hymn Tune
MIZPAH
Metrical Number
10.10.10.9.5.
Composer
Wayne Hooper (1920-)
Year Composed
1969
