1 Savior, again to Thy dear Name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise;
We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease;
Then lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of peace.

2 Grant us thy peace upon our homeward way;
With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day:
Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
That in this house have called upon Thy Name.

3 Grant us thy peace, Lord, through the coming night;
Turn Thou for us its darkness into light;
From harm and danger keep Thy children free,
For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,
Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace.

Amen.

The Hymnal: Published by the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1895

John Ellerton (PHH 318) wrote this hymn in 1866 as a concluding hymn for the festival of the Malpas, Middlewich, and Nantwich Choral Association. Ellerton revised the text and reduced it from six to four stanzas for the Appendix to the original edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1868).

The text is a prayer for peace: peace at the conclusion of worship (st. 1), when homeward bound (st. 2), during the night (st. 3), and throughout our lives (st. 4).

This hymn differs from Ellerton's other evening hymn, 'The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended" (318) in that its focus is peace rather than missions.

Liturgical Use:
Dismissal hymn sung prior to the spoken benediction, especially in evening worship; stanzas 1 and 4 could be sung at a similar place in morning worship; stanza 4 alone is appropriate at a funeral service (it was sung at Ellerton's funeral on June 20, 1893).

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook