Verse 1

O PERFECT life of love! All, all is finished now, All that He left His throne above To do for us below.

Verse 2

No work is left undone Of all the Father willed; His toils and sorrows, one by one, The scriptures have fulfilled.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 5

In perfect love He dies; For me He dies, for me! O all-atoning Sacrifice, I cling by faith to Thee.

Verse 6

In every time of need, Before the judgment throne, Thy works, O Lamb of God, I’ll plead, Thy merits, not my own.

Verse 7

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. Amen.

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