157 | CPWI Hymnal#158 | 159 |
Text: | O perfect life of love! |
Author: | Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 |
Tune: | SOUTHWELL (DAMON) |
Composer: | William Damon, c1540-1591 |
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,
the scripture have 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 he dies, for me:
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
I cling by faith to thee.
6 In every time of need,
before the judgment-throne,
thy works, O Lamb of God, I'll plead,
thy merits, not my own.
7 Yet work, O Lord, in me
as thou for me hast wrought;
and let my love the answer be
to grace thy love has brought.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O perfect life of love! |
Author: | Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 |
Meter: | S.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Good Friday |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SOUTHWELL (DAMON) |
Composer: | William Damon, c1540-1591 (1579) |
Meter: | S.M. |
Key: | f minor |