Voices United ‎#658

658. O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

1 O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.

2 O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.

3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.

4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love that wilt not let me go
• Title: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
• Author: George Matheson (1881)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church in the World: Commitment: Trust; Assurance; Commitment; Consecration; Conversion; Eternal Life; God: Love; Grief; Holy Spirit: Gifts; Jesus Christ: Cross; Jesus Christ: Images of; Jesus Christ: Light; Jesus Christ: Love of; Joy; Light; Love; Repentance; Rest; Suffering; Surrender; Trust; Lent 3: Year A; Easter 4: Year A; Proper 6: Year A; Proper 7: Year A; Proper 12: Year A; Proper 13: Year A; Proper 17: Year A; Epiphany 4: Year C; Lent 3: Year C; Easter 5: Year C; Trinity Sunday: Year C; Proper 13: Year C; Proper 26: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MARGARET
• Composer: Albert Lister Peace (1884)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 6
• Key: G Major