138. Oh, Perfect Life of Love

1 Oh, 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 toil, his sorrows, one by one,
The Scriptures 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,
You died to make me free!

6 In ev'ry time of need,
Before the judgment throne,
Your works, O Lamb of God, I'll plead,
Your merits, not my own.

Text Information
First Line: Oh, perfect life of love!
Title: Oh, Perfect Life of Love
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 (abr, akt,)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Good Friday
Tune Information
Name: SOUTHWELL
Composer: William Daman, c. 1540-91
Meter: SM
Key: e minor



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