Author: Henry W Baker 1821-77
O perfect life of love!
All, all is finished now,
all that he left his throne above
to do for us below.
2. No work is left undone
of all the Father willed;
in Jesus’ sorrows, one by one,
the Scriptures are fulfilled.
3. No pain that we can share
but he has felt its smart;
all human forms of grief and care
have pierced that tender heart.
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.
5. In perfect love he dies:
for me, for me his death!
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
to you I cling by faith.
6. In every time of need,
before the judgement throne,
your work, O Lamb of God, I’ll plead;
your merits, not my own.
7. Yet work, O Lord, in me;
for me your work was done:
and let my love the answer be
to grace your love has won.
Scriptures: Psalms 22, John 19:28, Philippians 1:6, 1 Corinthians 15:3, John 1:29, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 7:26, 1 John 4:19, Galatians 2:20, 2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 3:5, John 4:34, John 5:30, John 6:38, John 19:5, Hebrews 2:14-18, Mark 15:17, John 19:2, Hebrews 9:26, Luke 24:44-45, John 19:30, Matthew 27:29, John 17:4, Titus 3:5, Acts 8:26-35, Isaiah 53, Matthew 26:24, Matthew 26:54, Mark 14:49, Luke 24:25-27, John 5:36, John 18:31-32, John 19:24, Acts 13:27, Romans 14:10, Romans 15:3-4, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Ephesians 2:9, 1 Peter 2:22-24, 1 John 4:17-19