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!