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FOUR HYMNS FOR PUBLIC USE
A MARRIAGE HYMN
O thou by Whom the life on earth
Is unforgot on high,
This morn with special blessing sweet,
O Son of Man, be nigh!
And as Thy glory did not turn
From Cana's feast away,
Once more as man with men be here,
And sanctify the day.
Is unforgot on high,
This morn with special blessing sweet,
O Son of Man, be nigh!
And as Thy glory did not turn
From Cana's feast away,
Once more as man with men be here,
And sanctify the day.
What though to mount and desert wild,
The pensive heart's abode,
Retiring oft,—communion high!—
Thou wast alone with God:
Yet could'st Thou taste our transient joys,
The pleasures pure from sin;
With all-embracing human heart,
And loving to Thy kin.
The pensive heart's abode,
Retiring oft,—communion high!—
Thou wast alone with God:
Yet could'st Thou taste our transient joys,
The pleasures pure from sin;
With all-embracing human heart,
And loving to Thy kin.
—As Isaac in Rebekah found
The bliss for which he strove;
As Sarah to her lord gave back
The comfort of her love;
As Thine own heart goes eager forth
To meet Thy cherish'd Bride:
So be the love between these two,
Till death their days divide.
The bliss for which he strove;
As Sarah to her lord gave back
The comfort of her love;
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To meet Thy cherish'd Bride:
So be the love between these two,
Till death their days divide.
The joy of helpful toil be theirs,
The peace of hearth and home:
The single heart, the mutual years,
The children sweet to come:—
So through life's meadow guide them safe,
And gently down the slope;
And bid their eyes the glory see
Of Heaven's immortal hope.
The peace of hearth and home:
The single heart, the mutual years,
The children sweet to come:—
So through life's meadow guide them safe,
And gently down the slope;
And bid their eyes the glory see
Of Heaven's immortal hope.
All flower and fruit of earthly joy,
All joy when earth is o'er,
Almighty Lord of death and life,
For these we now implore!
And as they join their faithful hands
In loving marriage-sign,
Preserve them ever in Thy love,
Here and hereafter Thine.
All joy when earth is o'er,
Almighty Lord of death and life,
For these we now implore!
And as they join their faithful hands
In loving marriage-sign,
Preserve them ever in Thy love,
Here and hereafter Thine.
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