Voices Together ‎#608

608. O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

1 O Love that will 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 follows all my way,
I yield my flick’ring 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 will not let me go
• Title: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
• Author: George Matheson (1882)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.6
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 65:17-25
  ;
  Matthew 16:24-26
  ;
  Luke 9:23-27
  ;
  John 12:24-26
  ;
  Revelation 21:3-5
• Topic: Conversion and New Life; Death and Eternal Life; Funeral / Memorial Service; Jesus Christ: Images and Names of; New Creation
• Source: Life and Work . . ., 1883

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MARGARET
• Composer: Albert L. Peace (1884)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.6
• Key: G Major
• Source: Scottish Hymnal, 1885
• Notes: An adaptation of this tune (ST. MARGARET) is available in the accompaniment edition.