624. O Blessed Home Where Man and Wife

1 O blessed home where man and wife
Together lead a godly life,
By deeds their faith confessing!
There many a happy day is spent,
There Jesus gladly will consent
To tarry with His blessing.

2 If they have given Him their heart,
The place of honor set apart
For Him each night and morrow,
Then He the storms of life will calm,
Will bring for ev'ry wound a balm,
And change to joy their sorrow.

3 And if their home be dark and drear,
The cruse be empty, hunger near,
All hope within them dying,
Let them despair not in distress;
Lo, Christ is there the bread to bless,
The fragments multiplying.

4 O Lord, we come before Thy face;
In ev'ry home bestow Thy grace
On children, father, mother.
Relieve their wants, their burdens ease,
Let them together dwell in peace
And love to one another.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O blessed home where man and wife
Title: O Blessed Home Where Man and Wife
Norwegian Title: I Hus og Hjem, hvor Mand og Viv
Translator: Ole T. Arneson (1908, alt.)
Author: Magnus B. Landstad (1861)
Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1941
Scripture:
Topic: The Christian Home: The Family
Tune Information
Name: KOMMT HER ZU MIR
Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.
Key: f minor
Source: German melody, c. 1400



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