Jesus, Lord, we pray

Jesus, Lord, we pray. Basil Ernest Bridge* (1927-2021). Written at the request of the author’s younger daughter, and sung at her wedding at Stamford United Reformed Church in 1978. Verse 1 refers to John 2: 1-11. Verse 3 lines 3-5 were originally ‘help them now as they are taking/ solemn vows, your Spirit making/ love more strong than death’. They were revised at the suggestion of the compilers of MHfT (1980), through which the hymn became widely known. It is found in HP, HFTC, and A&MCP. It is not known in the USA and Canada, according to Hymnary.org, but it is found in the Church in the Province of the West Indies’ CPWI Hymnal (St John, Barbados, 2010). It is sung to SEELENBRÄUTIGAM...