Text: | Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast |
Author, Stanzas 1, 3: | Adelaide Thrupp |
Composer, Stanza 2: | Godfrey Thring, 1823 - 1903 |
Tune: | ISHPEMING |
Composer: | Gerhard Theodore Alexis, 1889 - 1927 |
1 Lord, who at Cana’s wedding feast
Didst as a guest appear,
Thou, dearer far than earthly guest,
Vouchsafe thy presence here;
For holy thou indeed dost prove
The marriage vow to be,
Proclaiming it a type of love
Between the Church and thee;
2 The holiest vow that man can make,
The golden thread in life,
The bond that none may dare to break,
That bindeth man and wife;
Which, blest by thee, whate’er betides,
No evil shall destroy,
Through care-worn days each care divides,
And doubles every joy. A-men.
3 On those who at thine altar kneel,
O Lord, thy blessing pour,
That each may wake the other’s zeal
To love thee more and more:
O grant them here in peace to live,
In purity and love,
And, this world leaving, to receive
A crown of life above.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast |
Author, Stanzas 1, 3: | Adelaide Thrupp (1853) |
Composer, Stanza 2: | Godfrey Thring, 1823 - 1903 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | Home and Family; Sacraments and Rites: Marriage |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ISHPEMING |
Composer: | Gerhard Theodore Alexis, 1889 - 1927 |
Meter: | C. M. D. |
Key: | A♭ Major |