Lord, many times thou pleased art Thy servants to command
Lord, many times thou pleased art Thy servants to command
1. Lord, many times thou pleased art Thy servants to command
Lord, many times thou pleased art Thy servants to command
From their own countries to depart Into another land;
From their own countries to depart Into another land;
From their own countries to depart Into another land;
From their own countries to depart Into another land;
That thou may'st there a dwelling place Upon their seed bestow;
That thou may'st there a dwelling place Upon their seed bestow;
That thou may'st there a dwelling place Upon their seed bestow;
That thou may'st there a dwelling place Upon their seed bestow;
Or else to bring thy saving grace, To those to whom they go.
Or else to bring thy saving grace, To those to whom they go.
Or else to bring thy saving grace, To those to whom they go.
Or else to bring thy saving grace, To those to whom they go.

2. From old acquaintance, from my kin,
And from my native home,
My life anew, here to begin,
I by thy leave am come;
And now, the place of my abode,
Appeareth unto me
Another world; yet here, Oh God!
My God thou still shalt be.

3. Oh, let the Son of Righteousness,
Thy truth, and grace divine,
Within the uncouth wilderness
With brightness also shine.
(3) That we and they whom here we find,
May live together so
That one in faith, one in mind,
We by thy grace may grow.

4. So when the course of time is run,
And God shall gather all
That lived betwixt the rising sun
And places of his fall;
Our friends that farthest from us are.
Shall meet with joy again;
And they and we, who now are here.
Together still remain.