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The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden [#TheVoiceThatBreathedOerEden #TheVoiceThatBreathed #VoiceThatBreathed #ThatBreathed #ThatBreathedOerEden #BreathedOerEden #OerEden]

Song written by:
Original in English: John Keble (April 25, 1792, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, UK – March 29, 1866, The Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth, England, UK)

1
The voice that breathed o’er Eden
That earliest wedding day
The primal wedding blessing
It hath not passed away
Still in the pure espousal
Of Christian man and maid
The Holy Three are with us
The threefold grace is said

2
Be present awful Father
To give away this bride
As Thou gav’st Eve to Adam
A helpmate at his side
Be present Son of Mary
To join their loving hands
As Thou didst bind two natures
In Thine eternal bands

3
Be present Holy Spirit
To bless them as they kneel
As Thou for Christ the Bridegroom
The heav’nly Spouse dost seal
O spread Thy pure wing o’er them
Let no ill power find place
When onward to Thine altar
Their hallowed path they trace

4
To cast their crowns before Thee
In perfect sacrifice
Till to the home of gladness
With Christ’s own Bride they rise
To Father Son and Spirit
Eternal One and Three
And was and is forever
All praise and glory be