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Text:O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Author:George Matheson (1842-1906)
Tune:ST. MARGARET
Composer:Albert L. Peace (1844-1912)

76. 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 they 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 thru 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 (1842-1906) (1882)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: God the Father: Love of God
Tune Information
Name: ST. MARGARET
Composer: Albert L. Peace (1844-1912) (1885)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.
Incipit: 55556 71177 77712
Key: G Major or modal



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