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.
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:
Oh, grant them here in peace to live,
In purity and love,
And, this world leaving, to receive
A crown of life above!
Amen.
The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
First Line: | Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast |
Title: | Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast |
Author: | Adelaide Thrupp (1853) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Lord, Who at Cana's wedding feast. [Holy Matrimony.] Given in Thrupp's Psalms & Hymns, 1853, No. 149, as "Thou Who at Cana's wedding feast," in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and signed "A. T.", i.e. Adelaide Thrupp. In Kennedy, 1863, No. 1420, it is "Lord, who at," &c. Also in Turing's Collection, 1882. In the latter a new stanza (ii.) is added by Preb. Turing.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)