The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#581

581. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending

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 in Your love for evermore are 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 not 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
• Author: Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1858-1932 (alt.)
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Source: Alt.: Compilers of Hymns and Psalms, 1983

Tune Information

• Name: O PERFECT LOVE
• Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Key: E♭ Major