Wedding Hymns
St Mary’s Scottish Episcopal Church,
Dalmahoy
This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and is intended as an aid. Your preferred hymns will always be
considered favourably if they do not appear on this list. It is your responsibility to obtain the copyright owners’
permission to reprint hymns in your Order of Service sheets. Copyright exists for 70 years after the death of the
author. However, if you have any problems, please discuss with our organist.
Contents
Hymns are arranged in alphabetical order of first lines throughout this booklet.
First line of words (Title)
Recommended Tune
A new commandment I give unto you
All creatures of our God and King [selected vss]
*3All things bright and beautiful [selected verses]
Amazing Grace
As wedding music fills our hearts (Built in Love)
Be still for the presence of the Lord
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Bind us together, Lord
Come down, O love divine
Come to a wedding
Crown with love, Lord, this glad day
For the beauty of the earth
*1Give me joy in my heart
God, in the planning and purpose of life (Bridegroom and Bride)
God of all living
Guide me, O thou great redeemer
*6=I danced in the morning (Lord of the Dance)
Lord and lover of creation
*8Lord of all hopefulness
Lord, the light of your love (Shine, Jesus, Shine)
*5Love divine, all loves excelling
Make me a channel of your peace
*6=Morning has broken
Now thank we all our God
*4One more step along the world I go
*9Praise my soul the King of heaven
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
That human life might richer be (Blessing the Marriage)
*2Vows will be spoken, prayers will be offered (Wedding Song)
*10We pledge to one another
A new commandment
Lasst uns erfreuen
All things bright and beautiful
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
Be still
Slane
Bind us together
Down Ampney
Bunessan (aka Morning has broken)
Dix; England’s Lane
Dix; England’s Lane
Sing Hosanna
Slane
Bunessan (aka Morning has broken)
Cwm Rhondda
Shaker Tune
Praise my soul; Westminster Abbey
Slane
Shine, Jesus, shine
Love divine; Hyfrydol; Blaenwern
Make me a channel of your peace
Bunessan
Nun danket
Southcote
Praise my soul
Seek ye first
Sussex Carol
Bunessan (aka Morning has broken)
Thaxted (aka Jupiter)
*For information only, we have marked the top 10 most often requested hymns for weddings at St Mary’s,
Dalmahoy, in the 36 months from 1 January 2009, numbered in order of popularity.
In this booklet, we have printed the hymns without any page-turns. If you are producing your own service
sheets, this will ease the cutting and pasting of the words.
Please note the comment on the front cover regarding copyright. Copyright information (©) is included at the
end of each hymn, where known.
This booklet has been produced under Church Copyright Licence (CCL) No: 298718.
A new commandment I give unto you:
that you love one another as I have loved you,
that you love one another as I have loved you.
1. By this shall all know
that you are my disciples
if you have loved one for another. (Repeat)
Chorus
2. You are my friends
if you do what I command you.
Without my help you can do nothing. (Repeat)
Chorus
3. I am the true vine,
my Father is the gard’ner.
Abide in me: I will be with you. (Repeat)
Chorus
4. True love is patient,
not arrogant nor boastful;
love bears all things, love is eternal. (Repeat)
Chorus
Vs 1 Unknown; Vss 2-4 Anicero Nazareth
© 1984, 1999 Kevin Mayhew Ltd
1. All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam,
Refrain
O praise Him, O praise Him,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
2. Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him, alleluia.
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
ye lights of evening, find a voice;
Refrain
3. Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia.
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
that givest man both warmth and light:
Refrain
4. Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise Him, alleluia.
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
let them his glory also show:
Refrain
7. Let all things their Creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness;
O praise Him, Alleluia.
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One;
Refrain.
W H Draper (1855-1933)
© J Curwen & Sons Ltd
Verses 5 & 6 usually omitted at weddings.
1. All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
4. The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one:
All things…
2. Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings:
All things…
6. He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well:
3. The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky:
All things…
7. All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)
Verse 5 usually omitted at weddings
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1. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I’m found;
Was blind, but now I see.
1. As wedding music fills our hearts
We hear the Word of Grace,
That, when a home is built on love,
It is God’s dwelling place.
2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
2. Hear now, dear Lord, the solemn vows
This man and woman make,
And hear the prayer we ask for them
For Christ our Master’s sake.
3. Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come.
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
3. We thank you for the health and hope
That bring them to this hour;
May their whole life together prove
Your presence and Your power.
4. The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
4. We ask for them the perfect gifts
Of love and faithfulness;
Their home within Your purpose keep;
Their friends and dear ones bless.
5. When we've been there a thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.
5. And as they now make covenant
Let us renew each vow
That binds us to the King of Love
Who stands among us now.
Vs 1-4 John Newman (1725-1807)
Vs 5 John Rees (1828-1900)
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1. Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
The Holy One, is here.
Come, bow before him now,
With reverence and fear.
In him no sin is found,
We stand on holy ground.
Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
The holy one, is here.
2. Be still, for the glory of the Lord
Is shining all around;
He burns with holy fire,
With splendour he is crowned.
How awesome is the sight,
Our radiant king of light!
Be still, for the glory of the Lord
Is shining all around.
3. Be still, for the power of the Lord
Is moving in this place;
He comes to cleanse and heal,
To minister his grace.
No work too hard for him,
In faith, receive from him.
Be still, for the power of the Lord
Is moving in this place.
David J Evans
© 1986 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music
Email: tym@kingsway.co.uk
Bind us together, Lord,
bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord,
bind us together, Lord,
bind us together in Love.
1. There is only one God,
there is only one King.
There is only one Body,
that is why we sing:
2. Fit for the glory of God,
purchased by his precious Blood,
born with the right to be free:
Jesus the vict’ry has won.
3. We are the fam’ly of God,
we are his promise divine,
we are his chosen desire,
we are the glorious new wine:
Bob Gillman
© 1977 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music
Email: tym@kingsway.co.uk
1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
Be all else but naught to me, save that thou art;
Be thou my best thought in the day and the night,
Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.
2. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
Be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord;
Be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
Be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
3. Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;
Be thou my soul’s shelter, be thou my strong tower:
O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my
power.
4. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise:
Be thou mine inheritance now and always;
Be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art.
5. High King of Heaven, thou heaven’s bright Sun,
O grant me its joys after vict’ry is won;
Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Irish Traditional
1. Come down, O love divine,
seek Thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with Thine own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
2. O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn ͜
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let Thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3. Let holy charity
mine outward vesture be,
and lowliness become mine inner clothing:
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part,
and o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
4. And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till he become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
Bianco da Siena (d. 1434)
Tr. R F Littledale (1833-1890)
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.
1. For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.
2. Thanks for the love,
That holds us together,
Parent and child, and lover and friend;
Thanks to the God,
Whose love is our centre,
Source of compassion, knowing no end.
2. For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
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,
Now to you both we offer our love.
3. For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
4. For each perfect gift of thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven,
5. For thy Church which evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love,
F S Pierpoint (1835-1917)
Shirley Erena Murray
© 1992 Hope Publishing Company
Email: hope@hopepublishing.com
1. Crown with love, Lord, this glad day,
love to humble and delight,
love which until death will stay,
testing all life’s depth and height;
such a love as took our part,
spendthrift in its generous art.
2. Lord, give joy on this glad day,
joy to face life's hurt and ill,
all that tests the wedded way
forging union deeper still;
joy like his who, for our gain,
lightly weighed the cross and pain.
3. Crown with peace, Lord, this glad day,
peace the world may not invent,
nor misfortune strip away
from two hearts in you content,
knowing love will never cease
from that source who is our peace.
4. Ian M Fraser (born 1917)
© 1969 Stainer & Bell Ltd
1. Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
Give me joy in my heart, I pray,
Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
Keep me praising till the break of day.
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King.
2. Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting,
Give me peace in my heart, I pray,
Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting,
Keep me resting till the end of day.
3. Give me love in my heart, keep me serving,
Give me love in my heart, I pray,
Give me love in my heart, keep me serving,
Keep me serving till the break of day.
4. Give my oil in my lamp, keep me burning,
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray,
Give my oil in my lamp, keep me burning,
Keep me burning till the end of day.
Traditional – no copyright
1. God, in the planning and purpose of life,
hallowed the union of husband and wife:
this we embody where love is displayed,
rings are presented and promises made.
3. Therefore we pray that his spirit preside
over the wedding of bridegroom and bride,
fulfilling all that they've hoped will come true,
lighting with love all they dream of and do.
2. Jesus was found, at a similar feast,
taking the roles of both waiter and priest,
turning the worldly towards the divine,
tears into laughter and water to wine.
4. Praise then the Maker, the Spirit, the Son,
source of the love through which two are
made one.
God's is the glory, the goodness and grace
seen in this marriage and known in this place.
John L Bell (b.1949)
Graham Maule (b.1958)
© 1989, WGRG, Iona Community
1. God of all living,
Father, we praise you,
Full of thanksgiving,
For so much love;
Now in this wedding,
Come down among us,
Pour out your blessing,
Heavenly Dove.
2. Perfect companion,
God's gift in marriage,
One true communion,
Help on life's way;
May we be mindful,
In need and plenty,
May we be faithful
Every new day.
3. With love's true splendour,
Father, delight us,
Each giving honour,
With faithfulness;
And may the sharing
Of this sweet union
Deepen our caring,
With tenderness.
4. May there be children,
Fruit of our loving,
True men and women,
With faith beside;
Grant us your keeping
In all our future,
Your love caressing
Bridegroom and Bride.
M J M Walker
© M J M Walker c/o St Mary’s Church
Honey Hill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RT
This hymn is covered by CCL. Words may
be reproduced in your service sheet
provided the above information is
included in full.
1. Guide me, O thou great redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.
2. Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer;
Be thou still my strength and shield;
Be thou still my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.
W Williams (1717-1791)
Tr. P & W Williams
1. I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
2. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance and they wouldn’t follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came to me and the dance went on:
Refrain
3. I danced on the Sabbath when I cured the lame,
The holy people said it was a shame;
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
And they left me there on a cross to die:
Refrain
4. I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black;
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on.
Refrain
5. They cut me down and I leapt up high,
I am the life that’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
Refrain
Sydney Carter (1915-2004)
© 1963 Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Tel: 020 8343 3303
Email: post@stainer.co.uk
Copyright fee approx. £10 + VAT
1. Lord and lover of creation,
bless the marriage witnessed now:
sign of lives no longer separate,
sealed by symbol, bound by vow,
celebrating love's commitment
made to live and last and grow.
3. On your children wed and welcome
here among us, we request
health in home and hearts, and humour
through which heaven and earth are blessed;
open doors and human pleasure,
time for touch and trust and rest.
2. Praise and gratitude we offer,
for the past which shaped today.
Words which stirred and deepened conscience,
family life, good company,
friends who touched and summoned talent,
nourished all words can't convey.
4. Take them hence that, in each other,
love fulfilling love shall find
much to share and more to treasure,
such that none dare break or bind
those your name has joined together,
one in body, heart and mind.
John L Bell (b.1949)
and Graham Maule (b.1958)
© 1989, WGRG, Iona Community
This hymn is covered by CCL. Words may be
reproduced in your service sheet provided the
above information is included in full.
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1. Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.
2. Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
Be there at our labours, and give us, we pray,
Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.
3. Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,
Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.
4. Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.
Jan Struther (1901-1953)
© Oxford University Press
Great Clarendon Street
Oxford, OX2 6DP
Tel: 01865 353289
1. Lord, the light of your love is shining,
In the midst of the darkness, shining;
Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us,
Set us free by the truth you now bring us.
Shine on me, shine on me.
Shine, Jesus, shine,
Fill this land with the Father's glory;
Blaze, Spirit, blaze,
Set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow,
Flood the nations with grace and mercy;
Send forth your word, Lord,
and let there be light.
2. Lord, I come to your awesome presence,
From the shadows into your radiance;
By the blood I may enter your brightness,
Search me, try me, consume all my darkness.
Shine on me, shine on me.
3. As we gaze on your kingly brightness,
So our faces display your likeness,
Ever changing from glory to glory;
Mirrored here may our lives tell your story,
Shine on me, shine on me.
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1987 Make Way Music,
www.grahamkendrick.co.uk
Email: info@makewaymusic.com
Covered by CCL.
1. Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord;
And where there's doubt, true faith in you.
Chorus:
Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
1. Love Divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesu, thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
2. Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
3. Finish then thy new creation
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise!
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
2. Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, only light,
And where there's sadness, ever joy.
Chorus:
3. Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
In giving of ourselves that we receive,
And in dying that we're born to eternal life.
Sebastian Temple (1928-1997)
Based on the Prayer of St Francis
© 1967 OCP Publications
1. Morning has broken like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!
2. Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dew-fall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass.
3. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning
Born of the one light Eden saw play!
Praise with elation, praise ev’ry morning,
God's re-creation of the new day!
1. One more step along the world I go,
one more step along the world I go.
From the old things to the new
keep me traveling along with you:
Chorus:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
keep me travelling along with you.
2. Round the corners of the world I turn,
more and more about the world I learn.
All the new things that I see
you'll be looking at along with me:
Chorus
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)
© David Higham Associates
5-8 Lower John Street, Golden Square,
London, W1R 4HA. 020 7434 5900
Email: dha@davidhigham.co.uk
3. As I travel through the bad and good,
keep me travelling the way I should.
Where I see no way to go,
you'll be telling me the way, I know:
Chorus
1. Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices;
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.
2. O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in his grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
3. All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son, and him who reigns
With them in highest heaven,
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore,
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
M Rinkart (1585-1649)
Tr. Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
4. Give me courage when the world is rough,
keep me loving though the world is tough.
Leap and sing in all I do,
keep me travelling along with you:
Chorus
5. You are older than the world can be,
you are younger than the life in me.
Ever old and ever new,
keep me traveling along with you:
Chorus
Sydney Carter (1915-2004)
© 1971 Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Tel: 020 8343 3303
Email: post@stainer.co.uk
Copyright fee approx. £10 + VAT
1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
To his feet thy tribute bring;
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like me his praise should sing?
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.
2. Praise him for his grace and favour
To our fathers in distress;
Praise him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness.
3. Father-like, he tends and spares us,
Well our feeble frame he knows;
In his hands he gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely as his mercy flows.
4. Angels, help us to adore him;
Ye behold him face to face;
Sun and moon bow down before him,
Dwellers all in time and space:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.
H F Lyte (1793-1847)
1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God,
And His righteousness,
And all these things shall be added unto you;
Allelu, alleluia.
Chorus
Alleluia, alleluia.
Alleluia, allelu, alleluia.
2. You shall not live by bread alone,
But by ev’ry word
That proceeds from the mouth of God;
Allelu, alleluia.
3. Ask and it shall be given unto you,
Seek and ye shall find;
Knock, and the door shall be opened unto you;
Allelu, alleluia.
Vs 1 Karen Lafferty (1948- ); vss 2 & 3 Unknown
© 1972 Marantha! Music/Copy Centre
1. That human life might richer be,
That children may be named and known,
That love finds its own sanctuary,
That those in love stay not alone:
Refrain:
Praise, praise the Maker, Spirit, Son,
Blessing this marriage now begun.
2. As two we love are wed this day
And we stand witness to their vow,
We call on God, the Trinity,
To sanctify their pledges now.
Refrain
3. Parents and families they leave,
Their own new family to make;
And, sharing what their pasts have taught,
They shape it for the future's sake.
Refrain
4. This is as God meant it to be,
That man and woman should be one
And live in love and love through life,
As Christ on earth has taught and done.
Refrain
5. Then, bless the bridegroom, bless the bride,
The dreams they dream, the hopes they share;
And thank the Lord whose love inspires
They joy their lips and ours declare.
Refrain
John L Bell (b. 1949)
and Graham Maule (b. 1958)
© 1989, WGRG, Iona Community
This hymn is covered by CCL, and the words
may be reproduced free of charge in your
order of service, provided that the above
information is included in full.
1. Vows have been spoken,
prayers have been offered,
ring as a token
placed on the hand;
now with elation
spirits are lifting,
in celebration
joyful we stand.
Or this alternative first verse, depending
whether sung before or after the marriage vows:
1. Vows will be spoken,
prayers will be offered,
ring as a token
placed on the hand;
now with elation
spirits are lifting,
in celebration
joyful we stand.
2. Two lives now binding
each to the other,
in your love finding
they are one;
keep them and mould them,
let joy enfold them,
in your peace hold them,
till life is done.
3. Their marriage brighten
with understanding,
their sorrows lighten
by your care;
with trust increasing
in your love’s blessing,
may hope unceasing
be their share.
4. Praise and thanksgiving
lips are now voicing,
Lord of the living,
God above;
for all around us
hearts are rejoicing,
as you surround us
with your love.
Rev R M Samson
© Unknown
1. We pledge to one another,
before the Lord above,
entire and whole and perfect,
this union of our love —
a love that will be patient,
a love that will be wise,
that will not twist with envy,
nor lose itself in lies;
a love that will not falter,
a love to hold us fast,
and bind us to each other
as long as life shall last.
2. We pray that God will guide us
through all the years to be,
our lives be shaped by courage,
hope and serenity.
Through joy and celebration,
through loneliness and pain,
may loyalty, compassion
and tenderness remain,
that those who share the blessing
of love that cannot cease
may walk the paths of gentleness
into the place of peace.
Jill Jenkins (born 1937)
© Jill Jenkins
c/o Palmers Green
United Reformed Church,
Fox Lane, London, N13 4AL
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