The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#118

118. O Perfect Life of Love

1 O perfect life of love!
All, all is finished now;
All that He left His throne above
To do for us below.

2 No work is left undone
Of all the Father willed;
His toil, His sorrows, one by one,
The Scripture have fulfilled.

3 No pain that we can share
But He has felt its smart:
All forms of human grief and care
Have pierced that tender heart.

4 In perfect love He dies;
For me He dies, for me;
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
I cling by faith to Thee.

5 Work, then, O Lord, in me,
As Thou for me hast wrought;
And let my love the answer be
To grace Thy love has brought.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O perfect life of love!
• Title: O Perfect Life of Love
• Author: Henry Williams Baker (1875)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  John 19:28-30
• Topic: Church Year: Holy Week; Good Friday; Atonement; Christ: Work of; Names and Office of Christ: Sacrifice; Names and Office of Christ: Substitute; Sanctification

Tune Information

• Name: GORTON
• Composer: Beethoven (1807, arr.)
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A♭ Major