| How welcome was the call,And sweet the festal lay,
 When Jesus deigned in Cana’s hall
 To bless the marriage day!
 And happy was the bride,And glad the bridegroom’s heart,
 For He Who tarried at their side
 Bade grief and ill depart.
 His gracious power divineThe water vessels knew;
 And plenteous was the mystic wine
 The wondering servants drew.
 O Lord of life and love,Come Thou again today;
 And bring a blessing from above
 That ne’er shall pass away.
 O bless, as erst of old,The bridegroom and the bride;
 Bless with the holier stream that flowed
 Forth from Thy piercèd side.
 Before Thine altar throneThis mercy we implore;
 As Thou dost knit them, Lord, in one,
 So bless them evermore.
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