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Hymns
For Your Service |
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This hymn is about
celebration and praise, making it suitable as the first hymn sung at
the beginning of the service, which is in praise of God in whose presence
everyone has assembled. It is also suitable as the second hymn which
is sung after the marriage ceremony in praise and celebration of the
union.
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O
Father all creating,
Whose wisdom, love and power
First bound two lives together
In Eden's primal hour,
To-day, to these thy children
Thine earliest gifts renew
A home by thee made happy,
A love by thee kept true.
O
Saviour, guest most bounteous
Of old in Galilee,
Vouchsafe to-day thy presence
With these who call on thee;
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to heavenly wine,
And teach them, in the tasting,
To know the gift is thine.
O
Spirit of the Father,
Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in thy pureness,
So tender in thy love;
That guarded by thy presence,
From sin and strife kept free,
Their lives may own thy guidance,
Their hearts be ruled by thee.
Except
thou build it, Father,
The house is built in vain;
Except thou, Saviour, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain;
But nought can break the marriage
Of hearts in thee made one,
And love thy spirit hallows
Is endless love begun.
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