5. Christ says: “Come, ye heavy-laden, I your weary hearts will gladden; They that are yet strong and well, Despise the best physician’s skill. 6. “Couldst thou earn thine own salvation, Useless were My death and Passion; This feast is not spread for thee If thine own helper thou wilt be.” 7. If thou this believest truly And confession makest duly, Thou a welcome guest art here, This heavenly food thy soul shall cheer. 8. But the fruits must not be missing, Love thy neighbor without ceasing; That true love let him receive Which here to thee thy God doth give. John Huss, † 1415; Martin Luther, 1524. HOME, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN. 442 7, 6, 7, 6 The voice that breathed o’er Eden, That earliest wedding-day, The primal marriage blessing,— It hath not passed away. 2. Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid, The Holy Three are with us, The threefold grace is said. 3. Be present, loving Father, To give away this bride, As Eve Thou gav’st to Adam Out of his own pierced side. 4. Be present, Son of Mary, To join their loving hands, As Thou didst bind two natures In Thine eternal bands. 5. Be present, Holiest Spirit, To bless them as they kneel, As Thou for Christ, the Bridegroom, The heavenly spouse dost seal. 6. O spread Thy pure wings o’er them, Let no ill power find place, When onward to Thine altar Their hallowed path they trace, 7. To cast their crowns before Thee In perfect sacrifice, Till to the home of gladness With Christ’s own Bride they rise. J. Keble, 1857, a. 443 C. M. 8 l Lord, who at Cana’s wedding-feast Didst as a Guest appear, Thou dearer far than earthly guest, Vouchsafe Thy presence here; For holy Thou indeed dost prove The marriage-vow to be, Proclaiming it a type of love Between the Church and Thee. 2. The 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, blessed by Thee, whate’er betides, No evil shall destroy, Through care-worn days each care divides, And doubles every joy. 3. On those who now before Thee kneel, O Lord, Thy blessing pour, That each may wake the other’s zeal To love Thee more and more. Oh, grant them here in peace to live, In purity and love, And, this world leaving, to receive A crown of life above. A. Thrupp, 1853, a. 444 11, 10, 11, 10