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%OHSCRIP Mt 19:4-6, Gen 2:21-24, Eph 5:25-33
%OHTOPICS {Angels [2-4,6]}, {Art and Music [2-4,6]}, {Brevity of Life [9]}, {Bride/Bridegroom}, {Christian Home/Family}, {Consecration}, {Eternal Life [9]}, {God, Care of}, {Holiness}, {Love}
%OHCATEGORY CHRISTIAN HOME
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%OHCOMPOSER Baker, Henry Williams (1821-1877)
%OHARRANGER Baker, Henry Williams (1821-1877)
%OHAUTHOR Wordsworth, Christopher (1807-1885)
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X: 1
T: How Blest the Hearts
T: (also known as How Blest Are Hearts)
C: Words: Christopher Wordsworth, 1865, alt.
C: Music and Setting: 'Holy Matrimony' Henry Williams Baker, 1865. 
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2026 Revision.
S: Music and Lyrics source: "The Holy Year, with Tunes", 1865 Hymn 113
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w: 1.~How blest are hearts, which Christ the Lord Cou- ples as with a sil- ver cord, 
w: 2.~When an- gels sang Cre- a- tion's birth, Man, fa- shioned from the dust of earth. 
w: 3.~O ho- ly wed- lock ra- ti- fied In Heav'n a knot for life is tied 
w: 4.~An- thems an- gel- i- cal were heard, When Christ, the ev- er- las- ting Word 
w: 5.~At Ca- na's feast that Heav'n- ly Guest Did first His God- head ma- ni- fest, 
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w: In nu- ptial u- ni- ty: That a- ni- ma- ted are by love 
w: In E- den was a- lone; But God made Eve from A- dam's side 
w: By God in Pa- ra- dise! O hap- pi- ness be- yond com- pare! 
w: To wed His Bride did come, And take that con- se- cra- ted Bride, 
w: And wa- ter change to wine; In wed- lock tears of sor- r'wring earth 
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w: And a- spi- ra- tions from a- bove, O Ho- ly Ghost, by Thee! 
w: And brought her to him as a Bride, And willed them to be one. 
w: What tongues of An- gels to de- clare The bles- sed- ness su- fice? 
w: Cleansed by the life- blood from His side, Un- to Her heav'n- ly home. 
w: Are changed to wine of hea'n- ly mirth, By pow'r and love di- vine. 
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W: 6. Mirorred in nuptial purity 
W: The marriage of the Church we see 
W: And Christ the Bridegroom's Love; 
W: Angels look down, and anthems sing, 
W: The Holy Dove, the golden wing, 
W: Sheds blessings from above. 
W: 
W: 7. Bless these Thy servants, gracious Lord, 
W: Whom Thou dost join in sweet accord, 
W: The bridegroom and the bride; 
W: In sorrow, sickness, and in health 
W: In tribulation and in wealth, 
W: Be Thou their Help and Guide! 
W: 
W: 8. Be with them, Lord, as day by day 
W: They with one heart together pray, 
W: Thy Word together read, 
W: Together at Thine altar kneel, 
W: And with Thy Blood their union seal, 
W: On Thee together feed. 
W: 
W: 9. May they forever have Thee near, 
W: Making them to Thyself more dear, 
W: And each to each in Thee; 
W: So, when from earthly cares released, 
W: May they at Thine own marriage feast 
W: Be blest eternally! 
W: 
W: 10. $1D$2 To Father, whose paternal Love 
W: Sends benedictions from above, 
W: Eternal praises be; 
W: And God the Son, Incarnate Word, 
W: With Holy Spirit be adored; 
W: One God and Persons Three!