Since Jesus Freely Did Appear

Since Je­sus free­ly did ap­pear

To grace a mar­riage feast

O Lord

we ask Thy pre­sence here

To make a wed­ding guest.

Upon the brid­al pair look down

Who now have plight­ed hands;

Their un­ion with Thy fa­vor crown

And bless the nup­ti­al bands.

With gifts of grace their hearts en­dow

Of all rich dow­ries blest;

Their sub­stance bless

and peace be­stow

To sweet­en all the rest.

In pur­est love their souls unite

That they with Christ­ian care

May make do­mes­tic bur­dens light

By tak­ing mu­tu­al share.

True help­ers may they prove in­deed

In pray­er

and faith

and hope;

And see with joy a god­ly seed

To build their house­hold up.

As Is­aac and Re­bec­ca give

A pat­tern chaste and kind;

So may this new-met cou­ple live

In faith­ful friend­ship joined.

On ev­ery soul as­sem­bled here

O make Thy face to shine!

Thy good­ness more our hearts can cheer

Than rich­est food or wine.