UNITY OF MARRIAGE
What makes a unity of two? The pair
Are not one being, not one whole, but clearly
Two distinct and separate beings, each bearing
All the rights which sovereignty holds dear.
Though fair to one may be the other’s sunny
Face, their grace, their form or merry wit,
These most endearing traits do not a oneness make.
To form a unity, commitments
Must be made. These equal yokes combine
To gain a purpose which transcends them both.
Their loyalty to God makes each resign
His sovereign will to keep in trust that oath
Which unifies them both in heart and mind.
Then are they no more two, but one combined.
What is that oath? To bring mortality
To other men and life eternal prize
Till Christ’s atonement is reality in them.
Through Him the two as one arise.
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