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Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast
- Words:
- Adelaide Thrupp, 1853. Music: 'St. Ursula' Frederick Westlake, 1863.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
- 1Lord, who at Cana's wedding feastDidst as a Guest appear,Thou dearer far than earthly guest,Vouchsafe Thy presence here.For holy Thou indeed dost proveThe marriage vow to be,Proclaiming it a type of loveBetween the Church and Thee.
- 2The 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 betide,No evil shall destroy,Through careworn days each care dividesAnd doubles every joy.
- 3On those who at Thine altar kneel,O Lord, Thy blessing pour,That each may wake the other's zealTo love Thee more and more.Oh, grant them here in peace to live,In purity and love,And, this world leaving, to receiveA crown of life above.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1853, the words are in 40 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, St Ursula, is in 21 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.