250. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending

1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in pray'r before Thy throne,
That theirs may be the love that knows no ending,
Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one.

2 O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.

3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.

Text Information
First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Author: D. F. Gurney
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: The Church: Marriage
Notes: Now Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: SANDRINGHAM
Composer: J. Barnby
Meter: 11.10.11.10.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Now Public Domain.



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