Perfect Love

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O love from whence my mercies flow

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [O love from whence my mercies flow]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O love from whence my mercies flow,
I bring the life Thou lendest me;
I ne’er can pay the debt I owe
Of gratitude to Thee.

Refrain:
O Christ, Thy perfect love impart,
My refuge, strength and solace be;
Take full possession of my heart,
My all I yield to Thee.

2 O Light serene whose silver ray
Hath led my wand’ring feet to Thee,
Now in th’effulgence of Thy day
My soul would shine for Thee. [Refrain]

3 O Joy that quenches earthly pain!
The bliss of heav’n enraptures me;
For Thee I count all loss as gain,
That leadeth unto Thee. [Refrain]

4 O Cross, e’en now I view the head
Of Him who languished on the tree;
O nearer may I yet be led
To Him who died for me. [Refrain]

Source: Inspiring Songs No. 1: for the Sunday school #72

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Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O love from whence my mercies flow
Title:	Perfect Love
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O Christ, Thy perfect love impart
Copyright:	Public Domain