Lutheran Worship ‎#251

251. O Father, All Creating

1 O Father, all creating,
Whose wisdom, love, and pow'r
First bound two lives together
In Eden's primal hour,
Today to these your children
Your earliest gifts renew:
A home by you made happy,
A love by you kept true.

2 With good wine, Lord, at Cana
The wedding feast you blessed.
Grant also these your presence,
And be their dearest guest.
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to heav'nly wine,
And teach them, in the testing,
To know the gift divine.

3 O Spirit of the Father,
Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in your pureness,
So tender in your love
That, guarded by your presence
And kept from strife and sin,
Their hearts may heed your guidance
And know you dwell within.

4 Unless you build it, Father,
The house is built in vain;
Unless you, Savior, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain.
But nothing breaks a marriage
Of hearts in you made one;
The love your Spirit hallows
Is endless love begun.

Text Information

• First Line: O Father, all creating
• Title: O Father, All Creating
• Author: John Ellerton, 1826-93 (alt.)
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Marriage

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley, 1810-76
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: E♭ Major