Perfect love casteth out fear.
1 John 4:18
Words: Horatius Bonar, Hymns of Faith and Hope, second series (London: James Nisbet, 1861), pages 210–11.
Music: St. Cecilia (Hayne) Leighton G. Hayne, Merton Tune Book 1863 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tune:
If you know where to get a good picture of Hayne (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O love that casts out fear,
O love that casts out sin,
Tarry no more without,
But come and dwell within!
True sunlight of the soul,
Surround us as we go;
So shall our way be safe,
Our feet no straying know.
Great love of God, come in,
Well-spring of heavenly peace;
Thou Living Water, come,
Spring up, and never cease.
Love of the living God,
Of Father and of Son;
Love of the Holy Ghost,
Fill thou each needy one.
Praise to the Father give,
The Spirit and the Son;
Praise for the mighty love
Of the great Three-in-One.