235b | The Hymnal#236 | 237 |
Text: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Author: | George Matheson |
Tune: | MALLETT |
Composer: | Walter Henry Hall |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Author: | George Matheson (1882) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Sundays after Trinity: The Divine Love |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MALLETT |
Composer: | Walter Henry Hall (1918) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.6 |
Incipit: | 35432 44333 27653 |
Key: | E♭ Major |