ELHB Hymn 492
Thou Who the night in prayer didst spend
Christopher Wordsworth
Hymn Text
492. Thou Who the night in prayer didst spend
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1 Thou Who the night in prayer didst spend
And then Thy twelve apostles send;
And bidd'st us pray the harvest's Lord
To send forth sowers of Thy Word,
Hear, and Thy chosen servants bless
With seven-fold gifts of holiness.
And then Thy twelve apostles send;
And bidd'st us pray the harvest's Lord
To send forth sowers of Thy Word,
Hear, and Thy chosen servants bless
With seven-fold gifts of holiness.
2 Oh, may Thy pastors faithful be,
Not laboring for themselves, but Thee;
Give grace to feed with wholesome food;
The sheep and lambs bought by Thy blood;
To tend Thy flock, and thus to prove
How dearly they the Shepherd love!
Not laboring for themselves, but Thee;
Give grace to feed with wholesome food;
The sheep and lambs bought by Thy blood;
To tend Thy flock, and thus to prove
How dearly they the Shepherd love!
3 Oh, may Thy people faithful be
And in Thy pastors honor Thee,
And with them work, and for them pray,
And gladly Thee in them obey;
Receive the prophet of the Lord,
And gain the prophet's own reward!
And in Thy pastors honor Thee,
And with them work, and for them pray,
And gladly Thee in them obey;
Receive the prophet of the Lord,
And gain the prophet's own reward!
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #492