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Author: J. B. Greenwood, b. Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Crown with Thy benediction This covenant of love; And make this hallowed union Foretaste of heaven above: Let pure and perfect gladness, Let pure and perfect rest, And peace that know no sadness, Thy presence, Lord, attest. 2 As once in Eden's springtime, As once at Cana's feast, So consecrate this bridal-- Be thou its guest and priest! With sunshine wreathe the altar, Chase every cloud away, Nor let their voices falter Who plight their troth today. 3 God bless the bride and bridegroom, And fill with joy their life; Keep them, through all its changes, True husband, faithful wife! If Thou wilt smile upon them, They shall not need the sun; This thought their hearts rejoicing-- Henceforth, not twain but one. 4 With Thy great love befriend them, The love that casts out fear; And make a rainbow round them For every falling tear: Till, all their sheaves well-garnered, Heaven's harvest home they raise, Where love, that knows no ending, Inspires more perfect praise. Topics: Various Occasions Marriage and the Home; Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Used With Tune: [Crown with Thy benediction]

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SEASONS (Mendelssohn)

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 135 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 53171 32143 6655 Used With Text: Crown With Thy Benediction

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Crown with Thy benediction

Author: J. B. Greenwood, b. Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #535 (1913) Lyrics: 1 Crown with Thy benediction This covenant of love; And make this hallowed union Foretaste of heaven above: Let pure and perfect gladness, Let pure and perfect rest, And peace that know no sadness, Thy presence, Lord, attest. 2 As once in Eden's springtime, As once at Cana's feast, So consecrate this bridal-- Be thou its guest and priest! With sunshine wreathe the altar, Chase every cloud away, Nor let their voices falter Who plight their troth today. 3 God bless the bride and bridegroom, And fill with joy their life; Keep them, through all its changes, True husband, faithful wife! If Thou wilt smile upon them, They shall not need the sun; This thought their hearts rejoicing-- Henceforth, not twain but one. 4 With Thy great love befriend them, The love that casts out fear; And make a rainbow round them For every falling tear: Till, all their sheaves well-garnered, Heaven's harvest home they raise, Where love, that knows no ending, Inspires more perfect praise. Topics: Various Occasions Marriage and the Home; Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Tune Title: [Crown with Thy benediction]

Crown With Thy Benediction

Author: John B. Greenwood, 1832-1905 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9338 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 Crown with Thy benediction This covenant of love; And make this hallowed union Foretaste of Heaven above: Let pure and perfect gladness, Let pure and perfect rest, And peace that knows no sadness, Thy presence, Lord, attest. 2 As once in Eden’s springtime, As once at Cana’s feast, So consecrate this bridal— Be Thou its guest and priest! With sunshine wreathe the altar, Chase every cloud away, Nor let their voices falter, Who plight their troth today. 3 God bless the bride and bridegroom, And fill with joy their life, Keep them, through all its changes, True husband, faithful wife! If Thou wilt smile upon them, They shalt not need the sun, This thought their heart rejoicing— Henceforth, not twain but one. With Thy great love befriend them, The love that casts out fear; And make a rainbow round them For every falling tear: Till, all their sheaves well-garnered, Heaven’s harvest home they raise, Where love, that knows no ending, Inspires more perfect praise. Languages: English Tune Title: SEASONS (Mendelssohn)

Crown with Thy Benediction

Author: J. B. Greenwoord, b. 1828 Hymnal: Ambassador Hymnal #387 (1994) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Marriage; Weddings Languages: English Tune Title: SEASONS

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J. B. Greenwood

1828 - 1905 Person Name: J. B. Greenwood, b. Author of "Crown with Thy benediction" in The Lutheran Hymnary Greenwood, John Brooke, born at Huddersfield, Feb. 9, 1828, and educated at the Huddersfield College, is a merchant shipper of cotton yarn to the continental markets. In 1853 he published Records-Memorial of E. B. Cave. He has written many hymns, chiefly for Sunday-school anniversary services, and other special occasions. Of these the following, which appeared with others in an Appendix to the Leeds Sunday School Hymn Book, published for the use of the Cheetham Hill (Manchester) Sunday School, are in common use outside that collection:— 1. Crown with Thy benediction. Holy Matrimony. 2. Finding: no place of rest. Return of the Dove to the Ark. 3. How long, 0 Lord, how long? Thy children sigh. First pub. in the Manchester Congregational Magazine. 4. There is no fold so fair as Thine. The Church of Christ. 5. What shall we render, Lord, to Thee? Holy Baptism. The full text of No. 2 is 7 stanzas, i.-iv. forming the original, and v.-vii. being a subsequent addition. Through a Roman Catholic relative of the author st. i.-iv. were given in the Catholic Progress with her initial " S." From thence it was taken by Mr. Orby Shipley and included in his Annus Sanctus, 1884, Pt. ii., p. 81, with the same signature. The full text is in Horder's The Poet's Bible. Mr. Greenwood's hymns possess great tenderness and refinement, and are worthy of greater attention than they have received. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: F. Mendelssohn Composer of "[Crown with Thy benediction]" in The Lutheran Hymnary Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman