For our wedding, Amy’s close friend Rebekah Pringle (pictured at right with Amy’s sister, Emily, who likes to be in photos) wrote us a wonderful song text, which Brian Pinner (a close friend of mine) set to music for us. [update on 11/21: the setting was co-written by Dianne Pinner and Brian Pinner – and now that I’ve been reminded of this by Brian, I realize that I left Mrs. Pinner out of the wedding program; sorry, Mrs. Pinner!] Amy and I were thrilled with both the text and the setting. In case you didn’t hear it (or want to hear it again), you can listen to it as streaming audio here (guitar and vocal: Brian Pinner). The song starts about 5 seconds into the track.
“Song of a Covenant” is a translation of the Hebrew song title, Shir Berith.
The text of the song is below:
Here the bridegroom takes her, his beloved,
His bride, his friend, his treasure sought and won.
Now adorned, the chosen gladly trusts him,
Her head, her love surpassed by none.
Refrain:
O God Who made the moon and stars above
And guides the waves and currents of the sea,
Who formed these two, inclined their hearts to love,
Unite them now as one in Thee!
Before the Lord they make this covenant,
To separate themselves for love of one.
Pleased to bind their fervent love with promise—
To have, to hold, and never shun.
Protect them, loving Shepherd; keep them safe
In paths Thy holy Word ordains as true.
Then blessed duties will proclaim Thy grace,
Confirm pure love, and love renew.
I’m just catching up on the blog from being away for a few days. I’ll respond to your email later today or tomorrow. thanks for writing. Looks like the excitement continues! When do you start work?
Miss you!
me
Who is that hottie in the pix! Just kidding! ~Amen
Thank you so very much for including this wonderful song (lyrics and music) on your BLOG! It was great to hear it again and I could concentrate on the wonderful words written by Rebekah and played by Brian! Precius gift! Love, Grandma B