1
\nO God from whom mankind derives its name;
\nWhose covenant of grace remains the same,
\nBe with these two who now before You wait;
\nEnlarge the love they come to consecrate.<\/p>\n
2
\nMay through their union other lives be blessed;
\nTheir door be wide to stranger and to guest,
\nGive them the understanding that is kind,
\nGrant them the blessing of an open mind.<\/p>\n
3
\nPreserve their days from inwardness of hear;
\nTo each the gift of truthful speech impart.
\nTheir bond be strong against all strain and strife
\nAmid the changes of this earthly life.<\/p>\n
4
\nFrom stage to stage on life\u2019s unfolding way
\nBring to their mind the vows they make this day,
\nYour Spirit be their Guide in every move,
\nTheir faith in Christ the basis of their love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 O God from whom mankind derives its name; Whose covenant of grace remains the same, Be with these two who now before You wait; Enlarge the love they come to consecrate. 2 May through their union other lives be blessed; Their door be wide to stranger and to guest, Give them the understanding that is kind, Grant them the blessing of an open mind. 3 Preserve their days from inwardness of hear; To each the gift of truthful speech impart. Their bond be strong against all strain and strife Amid the changes of this earthly life. 4 From stage <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,40,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-601-700","category-christian-home","category-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6941,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/6941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}