79. When Heart and Heart in Love

1. When heart and heart in love
Have truly found each other,
And by the bond of faith
Are firmly joined together,
Then like the bright full moon,
The light of hope doth shine,
Inviting to enjoy
Its blessed peace divine.

2. Then this dark vale of tears
A glorious Eden seemeth
When, one in spirit here,
Our prayer to heaven streameth.
Then uncomplaining, we
Can all life’s burdens bear,
And, comforted in God,
Find full relief from care.

3. This bond of loving hearts
By God’s rich grace abideth;
Each walks upon life’s path,
In God above confideth.
When two souls one become,
The third is God the Lord, -
It then is hard to break
This holy three-fold cord.

4. And when this tie is bound
By faith and love forever,
It cannot be unloosed,
Its bands be broken ever.
And though a parting come,
This hope shall e’er remain –
For souls, thus sealed in God: -
In heav’n shall meet again!

5. O what great joy is theirs
Who join in yon reunion,
Who after parting tears,
Unite in heav’n’s communion,
Who in this earthly vale
Had journeyed hand in hand,
United in God’s grace,
By love’s most sacred band.

6. Then will this union be
A bond of love forever;
Then shall no grief of pain
Or parting grieve them ever.
Then God shall be with us,
As our best friend and Guide;
In Him our hearts thus bound
Shall evermore abide.