Marriage was by God designed

Verse 1
Marriage was by God design’d
That every happy two
Might in closest union join’d
Their heavenly Lord pursue;
Holier thro’ each other prove,
And hand in hand with joy go on
To the highest feast of love,
The Lamb’s eternal throne.

Verse 2
How do you, alas, profane
The solemn mystery,
You who worse than meet in vain,
And but in sin agree!
Join’d in every wicked deed
Ye thus your mutual ruin seal,
Hand in hand, go on, and lead
Each other down to hell.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘How is it that ye have agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?’—[Acts 5,] v. 9.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 183.
Publishing: Public Domain