The phrase "husband" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...And wives will gladly work in you
To aid the good their husbands do—
Delighted in their part....
And wives will gladly work in you
To aid the good their husbands do—
Delighted in their part.
...And bid the child farewell!
The husband sees his piteous wife,
With whom he once did dwell,...
And bid the child farewell!
The husband sees his piteous wife,
With whom he once did dwell,
...And for each injured one.
We pray for children, husbands, wives
Whose grief has just begun....
And for each injured one.
We pray for children, husbands, wives
Whose grief has just begun.
...I trust Thee as the widow’s God.
A husband lies in death’s embrace,
The grave is now his resting place;...
I trust Thee as the widow’s God.
A husband lies in death’s embrace,
The grave is now his resting place;
...O my Savior, shield, and sun,
Shepherd, brother, husband, friend,
Every precious name in one;...
O my Savior, shield, and sun,
Shepherd, brother, husband, friend,
Every precious name in one;
...With thee forever will reside:,
Thy husband He and thou the bride.
Jesus, our grateful hearts rejoice,...
With thee forever will reside:,
Thy husband He and thou the bride.
Jesus, our grateful hearts rejoice,
...They come to be united
As husband and as wife,
Thus in Thy presence plighted,...
They come to be united
As husband and as wife,
Thus in Thy presence plighted,
...Praise for the love that comes to life
Through child or parent, husband, wife.
Now Jesus lived and gave His love...
Praise for the love that comes to life
Through child or parent, husband, wife.
Now Jesus lived and gave His love
...Taken so early, is beckoning, Come.
Beckoning hands of a husband, a ife,
Watching and waiting the loved one of life;...
Taken so early, is beckoning, Come.
Beckoning hands of a husband, a ife,
Watching and waiting the loved one of life;
...Keep them, through all its changes,
True husband, faithful wife!
If Thou wilt smile upon them,...
Keep them, through all its changes,
True husband, faithful wife!
If Thou wilt smile upon them,
...To succor them from ill.
For husband, brother, son, and sire,
We raise up hands that never tire...
To succor them from ill.
For husband, brother, son, and sire,
We raise up hands that never tire
...And I am owned a child.
Jesus! my shepherd, husband, friend,
O prophet, priest and king,...
And I am owned a child.
Jesus! my shepherd, husband, friend,
O prophet, priest and king,
...I who Heav’n and earth have framed,
Am thy husband and thy friend:
I the High and Holy One,...
I who Heav’n and earth have framed,
Am thy husband and thy friend:
I the High and Holy One,
...Yet your scriptures say submission doesn’t only go one way.
For as wives are called to honor, so are husbands called to be
Christ-like as they serve their partners, loving sacrificially....
Yet your scriptures say submission doesn’t only go one way.
For as wives are called to honor, so are husbands called to be
Christ-like as they serve their partners, loving sacrificially.
...With hope naught could dispel,
She called her husband to her side,
And told him all was well;...
With hope naught could dispel,
She called her husband to her side,
And told him all was well;
...My life, and my strength, and my store,
My shepherd, my husband, my friend,
My Savior from sin and from thrall;...
My life, and my strength, and my store,
My shepherd, my husband, my friend,
My Savior from sin and from thrall;
...But when, my days with comforts crowned
As husband and as parent blessed,
I look with tearful joy around,...
But when, my days with comforts crowned
As husband and as parent blessed,
I look with tearful joy around,
...Thy every son shall comfort thee,
And cherish with a husband’s care.
Thy duteous sons to thee shall cleave,...
Thy every son shall comfort thee,
And cherish with a husband’s care.
Thy duteous sons to thee shall cleave,
...Affection that proved;
The husband that mother
And infant that blest,...
Affection that proved;
The husband that mother
And infant that blest,
...Pious homes, and thus relieves us.
The husband’s like a goodly tree
Whose branches spread so fair and free;...
Pious homes, and thus relieves us.
The husband’s like a goodly tree
Whose branches spread so fair and free;
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