The Hymnal ‎#228

228. 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,
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 your judgment-throne
Thy work, 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 hast brought.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O perfect life of love
• Author: Rev. Sir Henry W. Baker, Bart. (1875)
• Publication Date: 1895

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