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Text:O Perfect Love
Author:Dorothy B. Gurney, 1858-1932
Tune:O PERFECT LOVE
Composer:Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
Media:Audio recording

474a. O Perfect Love

1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Humbly we come in prayer before Thy throne,
That theirs may be the love that knows no ending,
Whom Thou forevermore 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 no 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
Title: O Perfect Love
Author: Dorothy B. Gurney, 1858-1932
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Tune Information
Name: O PERFECT LOVE
Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
Key: D Major



Media
Audio recording: RHC_474a.mp3
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