With Heart and Voice ‎#95

95. 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 toils, his sorrows, one by one,
are prophecies 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 And on his thorn-crowned head
and on his sinless soul
our sins in all their guilt were laid,
that he might make us whole.

5 In perfect love he dies;
for me, his awful death!
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
I cling to you in faith.

6 In every time of need,
before your judgment throne
your work, O Lamb of God, I'll plead
your merit, not my own.

7 Yet work your way in me,
my self-will, Lord, remove;
then shall my love and service be
my answer to your love.

Text Information

• First Line: O perfect life of love
• Title: O Perfect Life of Love
• Author: Henry Williams Baker (1875, alt.)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: The Church Year: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: SOUTHWELL
• Meter: SM
• Key: e minor
• Source: W Daman's Psalmes, 1579