236. O Love that wilt not let me go

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
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
Name: MALLETT
Composer: Walter Henry Hall (1918)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6
Incipit: 35432 44333 27653
Key: E♭ Major



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