ee, O God, whose face
Their spirits still behold,
We bring them, praying that Thy grace
May keep, Thine arms enfold.

3 And as this water falls
On each unconscious brow,
Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord,
To keep them pure as now!

380. C. M. Gaskell.

Marriage Hymn.

1 We join to pray, with wishes kind,
A blessing, Lord, from Thee,
On those who now the bands have twined,
Which ne'er may broken be.

2 We know that scenes not always bright
Must unto them be given;
But let there shine o'er all the light
Of love, and truth, and heaven.

3 Still hand in hand, their journey through,
Meek pilgrims may they go;
Mingling their joys as helpers true,
And sharing every woe.

4 In faith, and trust, and heart, the same,
The same their home above;
May each in each still feed the flame
Of pure and holy love.

381. 7s. M. Anonymous.

Marriage Hymn.

1 Father, in Thy presence now
Has been pledged the nuptial vow;
Heart to heart, as hand in hand,
Linked in one Thy children stand.

2 God of love! this union bless,
Not with earth's low happiness;
But with joys whose heavenly spring
Shall diviner raptures bring.

3 May these blended souls be found
Firm in duty's active round;
Daily every burden share,
Nightly seek Thy shadowing care.

4 When against their trembling forms
Shoot the arrows of life's storms;
Or when age and sickness wait
Heralds at life's parting gate;--

5 In the fulness of belief,
May they look beyond the grief;
And together fearless tread
In the path where Thou shall lead.

382. L. M. Norton.

Dedication of a Church.

1 Where ancient forests widely spread,
Where bends the cataract's ocean-fall;
On the lone mountain's silent head,
There are Thy temples, God of all!

2 The tombs Thine altars are; for there,
When earthly loves and hopes have fled,
To Thee ascends the spirit's prayer,
Thou God of the immortal dead!

3 All space is holy, for all space
Is filled by Thee;--but human thought
Burns clearer in some chosen pla