Verse 1:
A E A/C# D
O perfect
Love, all human thought transcending
Bm
A/C# C#m E
Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne
A E A/C# D
That theirs may be the love which knows
no ending
D A/C#
F#m E A
Whom Thou forevermore dost join in one
Verse 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
Verse 3:
Grant them the
joy which 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
Verse 4:
Hear us, O
Father, gracious and forgiving
Through Jesus Christ, Thy coeternal Word
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living
Now and to endless ages art adored