The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#229

229. In house and home where man and wife

1 In house and home where man and wife
Together lead a godly life,
By deeds their faith confessing,
There many a happy day is spent,
There Jesus gladly will consent
To tarry with His blessing.

2 If thou hast given Him thine heart,
The place of honor set apart
For Him each night and morrow;
Then He the storms of life will calm,
Will bring for every wound a balm,
And change to joy thy sorrow.

3 And if thy home be dark and drear,
The cruse be empty, hunger near,
All hope within thee dying;
Despair not in thy sore distress,
Lo, Christ is there the bread to bless
The fragments multiplying.

4 O Lord, we come before Thy face;
In every home bestow Thy grace
On children, father, mother;
Relieve their wants, their burdens ease,
Let them together dwell in peace
And love to one another!

Text Information

• First Line: In house and home where man and wife
• Author: M. B. Landstad (1861)
• Meter: 8, 8, 7. 6L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Second Sunday after Epiphany

Tune Information

• Name: [In house and home where man and wife]
• Meter: 8, 8, 7. 6L.
• Key: f minor
• Source: German, 1530