O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,

1.

O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,

Lowly we kneel in pray’r before Thy throne,

That theirs may be the love which 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 no pain nor death

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 dawn

That dawns upon eternal love and life.