388: O Perfect Love


1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
lowly we kneel in prayer before thy throne,
that theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
whom thou in sacred vow 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 or death.

3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife;
grant them the vision of the glorious morrow
that will reveal eternal love and life.

Text information
First Line:O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Title:O Perfect Love
Author:Dorothy F. Gurney (1883, alt.)
Meter:11.10.11.10.
Scripture:1 Corinthians 13:13; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:21; 1 John 4:12
Topic:God in Society | Marriage and Family; Love | Our Love of Others; Weddings
Language:English
Tune information
Tune name:O PERFECT LOVE
Composer:Sir Joseph Barnby (1889)
Meter:11.10.11.10.
Key:E♭ Major

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