320a. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending

1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before thy throne,
That theirs may be the love that knows no ending
Whom Thou forevermore 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 nor pain nor death.

3 Grant them the joy that brightens earthly sorrow,
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife;
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.

Text Information
First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: Sacraments and Other Rites: Marriage
Tune Information
Name: HIGHWOOD
Composer: Richard Runciman Terry, 1865-1938
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Key: B♭ Major



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