600. O Perfect Love

1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before your throne
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom you forevermore unite in one.

2 O perfect Life, be now their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears no pain or 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
Title: O Perfect Love
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932 (alt.)
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Marriage
Tune Information
Name: O PERFECT LOVE
Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-96 (adapt.)
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Key: D Major



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