The tune is from from Handel's Tolomeo.
Text:
Father in Heaven abiding,
Who hears our prayers at all time:
Grant that these pledges given
And taken with Thy blessing,
May bring to these Thy servants
A joy never known before;
That, in the years to follow,
Increases more and more.
Give them the grace of angels,
Give them a constant charity
And faith in the peace of heaven
Which we, with them, may see.
Father and Son and Spirit,
With prayers from Thy saints and angels:
Grant that these pledges given
And taken with Thy blessing,
May bring to these Thy servants
A joy never known before,
Love in a new fulfillment,
Increasing more and more.
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