THE CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS

O Perfect Life of Love

by HENRY WILLIAM BAKER, 1821-77

O Perfect Life of Love
"Jesus said, 'it is finished'. With, he boned his head and gave up his spirit " Jn. 19:30
O perfect life of love!
All, all is finished now,
All that He left His throne above.
To do for us below.
No work is left undone.
Of all the father willed.
His toils and sorrows, one by one.
The scripture have fulfilled.
No pain that we can share.
But He has felt its smart;
All forms of human grief and care.
Have pierced that tender heart.
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.
In perfect love He dies:
For me He dies, for me!
O all-atoning sacrifice.
I cling by faith to thee.
In every time of need,
Before the judgement throne.
Thy work, O Lamb of God, I'll plead.
Thy merits, not my own.
Yet work, O Lord in me,
As thou for me hast wrought;
And let my love the answer be.
To grace thy love has brought.