Wedding Hymns [one has to be so careful]

A man goes to a friend's wedding and is very impressed with the choice of hymns, especially 'Love Divine'.

He is due to be married himself a few months later, so he makes a note of the number: 343.

When he next meets with the minister, who is to conduct his wedding, he tells him he would like hymn 343.

'Are you sure?' asks the minister; 'It is rather an unusual choice!'.
'No, I am certain. I heard it at my friend's wedding, and it is just what I want to say,' insists the man.

What he has not realised is that his friend was married in a Methodist Church, using the Methodist Hymn Book, whereas at his wedding they were using Hymns Ancient and Modern.

Imagine the surprise of all - not least the bride - when they started to sing Hymn A&M 343:


Come, O thou traveller unknown,
whom still I hold, but cannot see;
my company before is gone
and I am left alone with thee;
With thee all night I mean to stay,
and wrestle till the break of day.

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