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Text:O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Author:George Matheson
Tune:ST. MARGARET
Composer:Albert Lister Peace

384. 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 (1882)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ;
Tune Information
Name: ST. MARGARET
Composer: Albert Lister Peace (1884)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6
Key: G Major



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