524. O Perfect Love, All Human Thought Transcending

1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne,
That theirs may be the love which has 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 not 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.

4 Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
Through Jesus Christ, Thy co-eternal Word,
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living
Now and to endless ages art adored.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Title: O Perfect Love, All Human Thought Transcending
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: Marriage; Wedding
Copyright: Used by permission of Oxford University Press, London
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: O PERFECT LOVE
Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
Key: E♭ Major



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