O GOD OF LOVE, TO THEE WE BOW

O God of love, to thee we bow,\nAnd pray for these before thee now,\nThat, closely knit in holy vow,\nThey may in thee be one.\n2. When days are filled with pure delight,\nWhen paths are plain and skies are bright,\nWalking by faith and not by sight,\nMay they in thee be one.\n3. When stormy winds fulfil thy will,\nAnd all their good seems turned to ill,\nThen, trusting thee completely, still\nMay they in thee be one.\n4. Whate’er in life shall be their share\nOf quickening joy or burdening care,\nIn power to do and grace to bear,\nMay they in thee be one.\n5. Eternal love, with them abide;\nIn thee for ever may they hide,\nFor even death cannot divide\nThose whom thou makest one.