O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly
we kneel in prayer 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 nor 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 morrow
That
dawns upon eternal love and life.