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388. O Perfect Love

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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 not pain nor 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.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Love: Our Love of Others; Weddings
Tune Information
Name: O PERFECT LOVE
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1889)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.
Key: E♭ Major



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