An Altar of Lace

An altar of lace
In God's holy place
The couple enters
And love within stirs
Each heart is more warmed
From tender words formed

And then- they unite
An utmost delight
They face now kneeling
For words and sealing
What joy and what peace
That will but increase

Their two hands combine
They commit and words bind
Now two families blend
Forever without end
With this promise we glimpse
Loves offering of lips

A clasp from each member
All seek to remember
How humbly they too felt
When they themselves knelt
Each vows to return
And anew discern

Now alone they stand
To view what is so grand
And into glass they see
Who they have come to be
Help meets to each other
Side by side forever

And off to school they go
With faith theirs to show
And of uncertainty
What opportunity
For wherever life them sends
They've hope that never ends

And now on their own
There's scare of debt and loan
They plan on how to spend
And unite unto this end
They vow whate're the price
To tithe and let funds suffice


A tribute to President and Sister Flake
of the Fresno temple
a bishop, an institute teacher,
a sealer, a man we know so well....
a friend, a seminary teacher,
an escort, a help through the veil...
each a blessing to our families