Once more, before we part

Once more, before we part. Joseph Hart* (1712-1768).  From the Second Edition, with Supplement of Hart’s Hymns, &c. composed on Various Subjects, by J. Hart (1762). We have used the Third Edition (1763). Like the hymn that preceded it, ‘Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord’*, this was not in the first edition of 1759 (JJ, p. 493). It was a two-stanza hymn, the second of five hymns under the heading ‘At Dismission’:  Once more, before we part,  We’ll bless the Saviour’s Name. Record his Mercies, ev’ry Heart;  Sing, ev’ry Tongue, the same.  Hoard up his sacred Word;  And feed thereon; and grow.Go on to seek and know the Lord;  And practise what you know.  In Britain it was used in A...