God Be With You Till We Meet Again Lyrics

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1 God be with y'all till we meet once more;
loving counsels guide, uphold you,
may the Shepherd'southward care enfold you;
God be with yous till nosotros meet again.

Refrain:
Till we meet, till nosotros meet,
till nosotros meet at Jesus' feet.
Till nosotros meet, till we meet,
God be with you lot till we run across again.

two God be with yous till we meet again;
unseen wings, protecting, hide y'all,
daily manna notwithstanding provide you;
God be with yous till we meet again. [Refrain]

3 God exist with you till nosotros meet once more;
when life'southward perils thick confound you lot,
put unfailing arms around y'all;
God be with you till we meet once more. [Refrain]

4 God exist with yous till we meet once again;
continue honey'due south imprint floating o'er you,
smite death's threat'ning wave before yous;
God be with you till we encounter over again. [Refrain]

Source: Voices Together #840

Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin

Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, January. two, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For ii years he resided at Potsdam, U.Due south. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones'south Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was beginning printed in the Boston Recorder, and so included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Volume,… Go to person page >

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First Line:	God be with you till nosotros meet again
Title:	God Be with You Till We Encounter Once more
Author:	Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1880)
Meter:	9.eight.8.ix with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Till we meet, till nosotros meet
Copyright:	Public Domain
Liturgical Utilize:	Benediction

Twelvemonth A, Christmas season, Holy Proper noun of Jesus (Mary, Mother of God)
Yr A, Ordinary Fourth dimension, Proper xx (25)
Year B, Christmas flavor, Holy Proper noun of Jesus (Mary, Mother of God)
Year C, Christmas season, Holy Name of Jesus (Mary, Mother of God)

Notes

Scripture References:
st. 1 = Acts 20:32
st. 3 = Deut. 33:27
st. four = Songs of Songs 2:4

Jeremiah E. Rankin (b. Thornton, NH, 1828; d. Cleveland, OH, 1904) says of his hymn text,

It was written equally a Christian good-bye; it was called along by no person or occasion, but was deliberately composed as a Christian hymn on the ground of the etymology of "good-bye," which means "God exist with yous." The first stanza was sent to two dissimilar composers, one of musical notation, the other [William G. Tomer] wholly unknown and not thoroughly educated in music. I selected the composition of the latter, and with some slight changes it was published.

The first stanza was published in 1880 with the tune GOD BE WITH YOU by William G. Tomer in Gospel Bells; the 1883 edition of that hymnal included eight stanzas. A popular hymn, "God Be with You" gained currency through the evangelistic crusades of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey (PHH 73). Modern hymnals ordinarily print but 4 stanzas.

The text is essentially a parting blessing, a prayer that God volition guide you (st. 1), feed you lot (st. ii), and protect you in life and in death (st. 3-iv). Each stanza is framed by the phrase "God be with you lot till nosotros see once again."

A graduate of Middlebury College, Vermont, and of Andover Theological Seminary, Newton Center, Massachusetts, Rankin served Congregational churches in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey (1855-1889). In 1889 he became president of Howard University, Washington, D.C., a school famous for its many prominent African American graduates. Rankin issued three volumes of poetry and hymn texts (of which "God Be with You" is his most well-known), collaborated in the compilation of hymnals such every bit The Gospel Temperance Hymnal (1878) and Gospel Bells (1880), and published German-English language Lyrics, Sacred and Secular (1897).

Liturgical Utilise:
Though traditionally used when ministers, missionaries, or others take their leave from a congregation, this hymn is more often than not useful equally a dismissal hymn, every bit a prayer for blessing, and as a sung benediction.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Ambassador Hymnal #251

Display Title: God Be with You Till We Run across Again Start Line: God exist with you till we come across once more Tune Title: GOD Be WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: Irregular w/refrain Engagement: 1994 Field of study: Closing Hymns | ; Evening hymns | ; Fellowship |

Ancient and Modernistic #480

Display Title: God be with you till nosotros meet again Outset Line: God be with you lot till we meet again Melody Title: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah Rankin (1828-1904) Meter: 9 88 nine Scripture: Numbers vi:24; ii Corinthians 13:14 Appointment: 2013 Subject field: Blessing | ; God | Presence of; God | Protection of; Providence | ; Sending Out |

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #523

Brandish Championship: God Exist with You Showtime Line: God be with you lot till we meet again! Melody Title: GOD Exist WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.8.8.9 Date: 2010 Subject: Assurance | ; Religion and Trust | ; The Church at Worship | Departing; Worship-Parting |

Chalice Hymnal #434

Display Championship: God Be with You till Nosotros Meet Again Commencement Line: God be with you till nosotros meet again Tune Championship: GOD Be WITH You lot Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 98.89 w. refrain Date: 1995 Discipline: God: Presence | ; God'due south Church | The Church at Worship: Going Forth; Going Forth |

Christian Worship #327

Display Title: God Be with You till We Run across Again First Line: God be with yous till we run across again Tune Title: GOD Be WITH Yous Author: Jeremiah East. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 98 89 with Refrain Date: 1993 Field of study: Close of Service |

Christian Worship #328

Display Title: God Be with Yous till We Meet Over again Showtime Line: God exist with yous till we meet once again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 98 89 Date: 1993 Subject: Close of Service |

Common Praise #440

Display Title: God be with you till we run into again First Line: God exist with you till nosotros meet over again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 9 88 ix Scripture: Ruth 2:12; Psalm 91:4; Isaiah ii:4; John x:27-29; James 1:fourteen-fifteen; 2 John 1:12; three John 1:14 Date: 2000

Glory to God #541

Display Title: God Be with You Till Nosotros Encounter Again Get-go Line: God be with you lot till we meet once again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: 9.eight.eight.9 Scripture: Genesis 5:24; Exodus 33:fourteen; Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 57:one; Psalm 73:23-24; Psalm 91:four; Psalm 95:7; Song of Solomon 2:4; Isaiah 40:11; Nahum 1:7; John half-dozen:32-35; John 6:48-51; John 6:58; John 10:i-18; Acts 20:32; one Thessalonians v:23-24 Date: 2013 Subject: Guidance | ; Providence | ; Sending |

Celebrity to God #542

Display Title: God Exist with You Till We See Again First Line: God exist with you till we meet again Tune Title: GOD BE WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: 9.eight.8.9 Scripture: Genesis v:24; Exodus 33:fourteen; Deuteronomy 8:iii; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 73:23-24; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 95:7; Vocal of Solomon ii:4; Isaiah 40:11; Nahum i:7; John half-dozen:33-35; John 6:48-51; John half-dozen:58; John 10:1-18; Acts xx:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Date: 2013 Subject: Guidance | ; Providence | ; Sending |

Hymnal #430

Display Title: God exist with you First Line: God exist with yous till we meet over again, loving counsels Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eastward. Rankin Date: 1992 Source: Gospel Bells, 1880, alt.

Hymnal #431

Brandish Title: God be with you Get-go Line: God exist with you till nosotros meet over again, by his counsels Writer: Jeremiah Due east. Rankin Engagement: 1992 Source: Gospel Bells, 1880

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #580

Display Title: God Be with You Till We Meet Again First Line: God be with you till we run into over again Melody Title: GOD Be WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Due east. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: nine.8.8.9 Scripture: Ezra iii:xi; 1 Thessalonians 5:28 Date: 2007 Bailiwick: Approving | ; Close of Worship / Sending Along | ; Prayer / Petition | ; Presence of God | ; Service Music |

Hymns of Faith #555

Brandish Championship: God Be with You Beginning Line: God be with you till we meet again Tune Title: [God be with you till we meet once again] Writer: Jeremiah E. Rankin Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:37; Psalm 91:4; John 10:16; Acts twenty:32 Appointment: 1980

Hymns of the Saints #488

Display Championship: God Be with You Till Nosotros Meet Again First Line: God be with you till nosotros meet again Tune Championship: GOD Exist WITH Yous (DEUS VOBISCUM) Author: Jeremiah Eastward. Rankin, 1828-1904 Engagement: 1982 Subject: Benediction | ; Intendance | ; Christ the Shepherd | ; God the Sustainer | ; Guidance | ; Protection |

Hymns of the Saints #489

Brandish Championship: God Be with You Till Nosotros Meet Again First Line: God be with you lot till we come across again Tune Championship: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:xi; two Corinthians 13:14 Date: 1982 Subject: Benediction | ; Care | ; Christ the Shepherd | ; God the Sustainer | ; Guidance | ; Protection |

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #545

Display Championship: God Be with Yous Till We Come across Again First Line: God be with y'all till we meet again Tune Title: GOD Be WITH Y'all Writer: Jeremiah East. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 9 8 8 9 with refrain Scripture: Exodus 16:13-xv; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 12:8; Song of Solomon ii:4; Acts 20:32 Date: 2012 Subject: Approving | ; Comfort | ; Encouragement | ; Going Forth, Sending Forth | ; Guidance | ; Presence of God | ; Providence | ; Refuge, Security | ; Sickness | ; Victory over Sin and Death |

Elevator Upward Your Hearts #943

Display Title: God Be with You Till We Meet Again Showtime Line: God be with you till we encounter once again Tune Championship: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah East. Rankin Meter: 9.8.viii.9 Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27; Vocal of Solomon two:4; Acts 20:32 Date: 2013 Subject: Elements of Worship | Accuse and Blessing; God'southward | Protection; Responses | To Benediction

Elevator Upward Your Hearts #944

Display Title: God Be with You Till We See Once more Get-go Line: God be with you till nosotros come across again Melody Title: GOD BE WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.8.9.8 refrain 6.vii.6.9 Scripture: Acts 20:32 Date: 2013 Field of study: Elements of Worship | Charge and Blessing; God's | Protection

Moravian Book of Worship #824

Display Title: God Exist with Y'all Till Nosotros Meet Again Start Line: God be with you till nosotros see again Melody Title: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.8.8.9. Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:26-29; Ruth two:12; Psalm 32:7-8; Psalm 91; Isaiah 40:11; Nahum 1:seven; Acts 20:32 Date: 1995 Subject: Service Music | ; Service music--Benedictions | ; Worship |

I Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #210

Display Title: God Be with Y'all Till Nosotros Meet Once more First Line: God be with y'all till we meet again Tune Championship: GOD BE WTIH Yous Author: Jeremiah Due east. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: nine 8 8 ix with refrain Scripture: Exodus 16:13-15; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 12:7; Song of Solomon two:4; Acts 20:32 Engagement: 2018 Subject: Service Music | Closing Hymn; The Associates at Worship | Sending and Blessing

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #316

Display Title: God Exist with You Till We Run into Again First Line: God exist with you till we encounter again Tune Championship: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: 98 89 Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:26-29; Psalm 32:7-8; Acts 20; Acts twenty:32 Engagement: 1987 Subject: Shut of Worship | ; Pilgrimage & Conflct | ; Refuge | ; Songs for Children | Hymns

Rejoice Hymns #574

Display Title: God Be With You Showtime Line: God be with you till we encounter again Tune Title: FAREWELL Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 9.8.eight.9. Date: 2011 Field of study: Benediction | ; Church | Fellowship of Believers; God | Presence

Sing Joyfully #583

Display Title: God Exist with You lot First Line: God exist with yous till we encounter again Melody Title: [God be with yous till we meet once again] Writer: Jeremiah E. Rankin Date: 1989 Subject: God | Providence; Guidance |

Songs of Zion #37

Display Title: God Be with You First Line: God exist with you lot till we encounter again; Tune Championship: [God exist with you till we come across once more] Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Date: 1981 Field of study: Hymns |

Songs of Zion #237

Display Championship: Benediction First Line: God be with you lot, God exist with you Tune Title: [God be with you, God exist with you lot] Author: J. Due east. Rankin, 1828-1904 Appointment: 1981 Subject area: Service Music | Benedictions

The Book of Praise #621

Display Title: God be with you till we meet again Kickoff Line: God be with y'all till we meet again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah Eames Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: nine 8 8 nine Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 17:viii; Psalm 46:1-2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 61:four; Psalm 89:9; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 107:29; Song of Solomon 5:24; John half-dozen:31-35; John 10:11; John ten:14; Hebrews 13:20-21; ane Peter 2:25 Date: 1997 Bailiwick: Communion of Saints | ; Farewell / Parting | ; God | Shelter / Shield

The Cyber Hymnal #1708

Display Title: God Be with You lot Till Nosotros Encounter Again First Line: God exist with you till we meet once again Melody Title: GOD BE WITH Yous Author: Jeremiah East. Rankin Meter: 98.89 Source: Gospel Bells, compiled by Rankin, J. W. Bischoff & Otis Presbrey (Chicago, Illinois: The Western Sun School Publishing Company, 1880)

The New Century Hymnal #81

Display Title: God Be with Yous First Line: God exist with you till nosotros meet again Tune Title: GOD BE WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.eight.8.9. with refrain Date: 1995 Subject: Shut of Worship | ; Travelers |

The Presbyterian Hymnal #540

Display Title: God Be with You lot Till We Meet Again Outset Line: God be with you till nosotros see again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: 9.8.8.9 Scripture: Genesis 31:49; Acts 20:32; 1 Thessalonians v:23-24 Date: 1990 Field of study: God | Protection

The United Methodist Hymnal #672

Brandish Title: God Be with You till We Run into Over again Offset Line: God be with y'all till nosotros meet again Tune Championship: GOD BE WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 98.89 with Refrain Date: 1989 Bailiwick: Endmost Hymns | ; Guidance | ; Particular Times of Worship | Closing of Worship; Service Music | Sending Forth

The United Methodist Hymnal #673

Display Championship: God Be with You till We Run across Again First Line: God exist with you till we come across once more Melody Championship: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 98.89 Date: 1989 Subject: Closing Hymns | ; Guidance | ; Particular Times of Worship | Endmost of Worship; Providence | ; Service Music | Sending Forth

The Worshiping Church building #839

Brandish Title: God Be with You Beginning Line: God exist with you till we meet again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: Irregular Scripture: Exodus 16:15; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 91:4; Acts 20:32 Date: 1990

The Worshiping Church #840

Brandish Title: God Be with You Beginning Line: God be with you till nosotros meet again Tune Title: GOD BE WITH Yous Writer: Jeremiah Due east. Rankin Meter: Irregular Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 91:4; Acts 20:32 Date: 1990

This Far By Faith #157

Display Title: God Exist with You till We Meet Once more First Line: God be with y'all till nosotros meet over again Tune Title: GOD Exist WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Appointment: 1999 Subject area: Prayer | ; Sending |

Timeless Truths #112

Display Championship: God Exist with You till We Meet Once again First Line: God exist with you till nosotros meet once more Melody Title: GOD Be WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Eastward. Rankin Meter: 9.8.viii.9 R Scripture: ii Corinthians 1:two Source: Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (351); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (509); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/God_Be_with_You_till_We_Meet_Again)

Total Praise #627

Display Championship: God Be with You Till We See Again Commencement Line: God be with you till we encounter again Tune Title: GOD Exist WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Due east. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 9 8 8 9 with refrain Scripture: Psalm 12:7 Date: 2011 Subject field: Benediction | ; Burdens | ; Endmost Hymns | ; Commitment and Submission | ; Jesus Christ | His Love and Mercy; Love for Others | ; Security |

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #385

Display Title: God Be with You Till We Meet Over again Starting time Line: God be with y'all till we meet over again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Writer: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: Irreg. Scripture: Acts 20:32 Date: 1990 Subject field: Farewell Service | ; The Church | The Close of Worship

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #386

Display Title: God Exist with You Till We Meet Again Starting time Line: God exist with yous till nosotros meet again Melody Championship: GOD Exist WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin Meter: nine.8.eight.ix.ref. Scripture: Acts 20:32 Engagement: 1990 Subject: The Church | The Close of Worship

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #207

Display Title: God Be with Yous Till We Meet Again Start Line: God exist with you till nosotros meet again Tune Title: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eastward. Rankin Meter: 9.8.9.8. Scripture: Genesis 31:49; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 57:1; Song of Solomon 2:four; Isaiah twoscore:11; Acts 20:32 Date: 2018 Field of study: Christian Friendship | ; Church | As Communion of Saints; Shut of Worship | ; Farewell Service | ; Pilgrimage and Guidance | ; Suffering and Deliverance |

Voices Together #840

Display Title: God Be With You Till We Come across Again First Line: God be with yous till we run across again Tune Title: GOD BE WITH Y'all Writer: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.eight.8.9 with refrain Scripture: Exodus 16; Psalm 23; Psalm 91; Isaiah 40:11 Engagement: 2020 Bailiwick: Balls of Grace | ; Decease and Eternal Life | ; God | Images and Names of; God | Presence of; Heaven | Source: Gospel Bells, 1880, alt.

Voices United #422

Voices United #423

Wonder, Love, and Praise #801

Brandish Title: God exist with you lot till we meet again Offset Line: God be with you till we meet again Tune Championship: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904); John L. Hooker (b. 1944) Meter: 98.89 Scripture: Exodus 16:4-36; Psalm 63:7; Jeremiah 23:three Date: 1997 Discipline: Hymns and Spiritual Songs | The Christian Life

Worship and Rejoice #716

Display Title: God Be with Yous Outset Line: God be with you lot till we meet once again Tune Title: GOD BE WITH YOU Author: Jeremiah East. Rankin, 1828-1904 Meter: 9.eight.nine.eight. Scripture: Exodus xvi:15; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 73:24; Psalm 91:4; Acts 20:32 Engagement: 2003 Subject: Service Music | Benediction

Worship in Song #332

Brandish Title: God Be With You First Line: God be with you till nosotros meet again Tune Title: FAREWELL Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 9.viii.8.ix. with refrain Date: 1996 Field of study: Benediction | ; Intendance for one another | ; God'south Care | ; Beloved | ; Manna | ; Parting | Source: Gospel Bells, 1880, alt.

Yes, Lord! #86

Display Championship: God Be with You First Line: God be with you till nosotros meet again Tune Championship: [God be with you lot till nosotros meet again] Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Appointment: 1982 Discipline: Choir Selections | ; Closing Hymns | ; Comfort |

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Permit Us Worship #347

Display Title: 우 리 다 시 만 날 깨 까 지 (God Be with You till We Meet Over again) First Line: 우 리 다 시 만 날 깨 까 지 (God be with you till we encounter again) Tune Championship: RANDOLPH Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 98.99 Appointment: 2001 Subject: Calmness and Tranquility | ; Condolement and Encouragement | ; Discipleship and Service | ; Grace and Calmness | ; Guidance | ; Peace | ; 은혜 와 평안 | ; 제자 훈련 와 봉사 | ; 펑 화 | ; 평안 | ; 평안 과 위로 | Source: Korean trans. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee

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