Our Fa­ther, God, and Sav­ior,
Hear Thou our fer­vent pray­er,
And let Thy gra­cious fa­vor
Now rest upon this pair.
They come to be un­it­ed
As hus­band and as wife,
Thus in Thy pre­sence plight­ed,
In fel­low­ship for life.

In Ed­en’s peace­ful bow­er
God did for man pro­vide
A help-meet and a dow­er,
Made from his op­ened side.
In this, Lord, Thou hast giv­en
A fig­ure of Thy bride,
For whom Thou cam’st from Hea­ven,
Hast suf­fered, bled, and died.

When shines the sun in glad­ness,
Or clouds of sor­row low­er,
In scenes of joy or sad­ness,
Be Thou their lof­ty tow­er;
The rock of their sal­va­tion,
When things of earth al­lure;
In all times of temp­ta­tion,
Their re­fuge, tried and sure.

In bonds which naught can sev­er
Let them un­it­ed be,
In sweet com­mun­ion ev­er,
Lord Je­sus Christ, with Thee.
Still cheer them with the sto­ry
Of Thy re­deem­ing love,
Until they keep in glo­ry
Their brid­al feast above.