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O Love that wilt not let me go

by George Matheson

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 76.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.