"Again our earthly cares we leave" is a nineteenth-century hymn written for the blessing of God on public worship.
The four-stanza text first appeared in Thomas Cotterill's Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1810, No. 98) under the heading "For the blessing of God on Public Worship." The hymn is a cento based on John Newton's "O Lord, our languid souls inspire" (originally published in Olney Hymns, 1779), with stanza II drawn directly from Newton's text. Hymnologists consider it most probable that the adaptation was arranged and rewritten by Cotterill himself.
While its adoption in Great Britain remained somewhat limited, the hymn saw extensive use across nineteenth-century American collections, where it was frequently reprinted in standard denominational hymnals.
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