SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 675
May the Lord bless you and keep you
both now and evermore.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
This benediction sentence is a paraphrase of Numbers 6:24, “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.” Melvin West (1930-; see Biographies) wrote this for unison choir and organ while he was chairman of the Music Department at Walla Walla College.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
May the Lord bless you and keep you
both now and evermore.
Amen, Amen.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Num 6:24
Author
Melvin West (1930-)
Performance Suggestions
Unison
Copyright
Music copyright 1984 by Melvin West
Composer
Melvin West
