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O Father, All Creating
Author: John Ellerton, 1826-93 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #251 (1982) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Marriage Lyrics: 1 O Father, all creating,
Whose wisdom, love, and pow'r
First bound two lives together
In Eden's primal hour,
Today to these your children
Your earliest gifts renew:
A home by you made happy,
A love by you kept true.
2 With good wine, Lord, at Cana
The wedding feast you blessed.
Grant also these your presence,
And be their dearest guest.
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to heav'nly wine,
And teach them, in the testing,
To know the gift divine.
3 O Spirit of the Father,
Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in your pureness,
So tender in your love
That, guarded by your presence
And kept from strife and sin,
Their hearts may heed your guidance
And know you dwell within.
4 Unless you build it, Father,
The house is built in vain;
Unless you, Savior, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain.
But nothing breaks a marriage
Of hearts in you made one;
The love your Spirit hallows
Is endless love begun.
Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA
O Father, All Creating
At Cana, Lord, Thou Didst Appear
Author: John Berridge Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #261 (1930) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Life Marriage Lyrics: 1 At Cana, Lord, Thou didst appear
To grace a marriage feast;
We ask Thee likewise to be here
And be a wedding guest.
2 Upon the wedded pair look down,
Who now have plighted hands;
Their union with Thy favor crown
And bless their nuptial bands.
3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow,
Of all rich dowries best!
Their substance bless, and peace bestow,
To sweeten all the rest.
4 In purest love their souls unite,
That they, with Christian care,
May make domestic burdens light,
By taking mutual share.
5 True helpers may they prove indeed,
In prayer and faith and hope;
And see with joy a godly seed
To build their household up.
6 On every soul assembled here,
O make Thy face to shine;
Thy goodness more our hearts can cheer
Than richest food or wine.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: EVAN
At Cana, Lord, Thou Didst Appear
O Perfect Love
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #287 (1978) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Topics: Marriage; Marriage First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending Lyrics: 1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before your throne,
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom you forevermore unite in one.
2 O perfect Life, be now their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain or death.
3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life’s day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life. Languages: English Tune Title: O PERFECT LOVE
O Perfect Love
Come to a Wedding, Come to a Blessing
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (1931-) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #287 (1998) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Topics: Marriage; Marriage First Line: Come to a wedding Lyrics: 1 Come to a wedding,
come to a blessing,
come on a day when
happiness sings!
Come rain or sun,
come winter or summer,
celebrate love and
all that it brings.
2 Thanks for the love
that holds us together --
parent and child, and
lover and friend:
thanks to the God whose
love is our center,
source of compassion,
knowing no end.
3 Love is the gift,
and love is the giver,
love is the gold that
makes the day shine,
love forgets self to
care for the other,
love changes life from
water to wine.
4 Come to this wedding,
asking a blessing
for all the years that
living will prove:
health of the body,
health of the spirit --
* (name) and (name), we
offer our love.
* or "now to you both" Scripture: Tobit 8:5-8 Languages: English Tune Title: BUNESSAN
Come to a Wedding, Come to a Blessing
Hear Us Now, Our God and Father
Author: Harry N. Huxhold, 1922-; John Newton, 1725-1807 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #288 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Marriage; Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: HYFRYDOL
Hear Us Now, Our God and Father
Heavenly Father, Hear Our Prayer
Author: Barbara E. Adam, b. 1939 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #289 (1978) Meter: 7.6.7.6.8.8.7.7 Topics: Marriage; Marriage First Line: Heav'nly Father, hear our prayer Languages: English Tune Title: NAME OF JESUS
Heavenly Father, Hear Our Prayer
Great God, We Praise Your Mighty Love
Author: Alan Gaunt (1935-) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #289 (1998) Meter: 8.8.6 D Topics: Marriage; Marriage Lyrics: 1 Great God we praise your mighty love
which urges us to rise above
constricting doubts and fears;
your purpose is to set us free
to live our lives creatively
throughout the coming years.
2 We praise you for the love we see
in husband, wife and family,
in friends and neighbours too;
the love which nurtured us from birth,
the love which teaches human worth
and lifts our minds to you.
3 We praise you most for love supreme
which breaks through pain and death to stream
in unrestricted light;
which from Christ's resurrection dawn
has shone, and never been withdrawn,
to make our future bright.
4 For by your perfect love refined,
our own will not be undermined
by futile guilt and shame;
but through disaster, grief and strife
we'll reaffirm the joy of life
and glorify your name. Scripture: Matthew 19:3-6 Languages: English Tune Title: WILLOUGHBY NEW
Great God, We Praise Your Mighty Love
Jesus the Lord of love and life
Author: J. E. Seddon (1915-1983) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #294 (1987) Topics: God's World Marriage, Home, and Children Lyrics: 1 Jesus the Lord of love and life,
draw near to bless this man and wife;
as they are now in love made one,
let your good will for them be done.
2 Give them each day your peace and joy,
let no dark clouds these gifts destroy;
in growing trust may love endure,
to keep their marriage bond secure.
3 As they have vowed to have and hold,
each by the other be consoled;
in wealth or want, in health or pain,
till death shall part, let love remain.
4 Deepen, O Lord, their love for you,
and in that love, their own renew;
each in the other find delight,
as lives and interests now unite.
5 Be to them both a guide and friend,
through all the years their home defend;
Jesus the Lord of love and life,
stay near and bless this man and wife. Languages: English Tune Title: MARYTON
Jesus the Lord of love and life
Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast
Author: Adelaide Thrupp; Godfrey Thring Hymnal: Timeless Truths #301 Meter: 14.14.14.14 Topics: Marriage Lyrics: 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 This holy 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 betide,
No evil shall destroy,
Through careworn days each care divides,
And doubles every joy.
3 On those who now before Thee 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. Scripture: John 2:1 Tune Title: BETHLEHEM
Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
Author: Adelaide Thrupp; Godfrey Thring, 1823 - 1903 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #301 (1958) Topics: Sacraments and Rites Marriage Lyrics: 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. Languages: English Tune Title: ISHPEMING
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
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