Number: 480
Title: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Composer: Albert L. Peace, 1884
Author: George Matheson, 1882
Theme: Aspiration and Resolve;Assurance;Commitment;Grief;Hope;Love;Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Prayer, Trust, Hope;The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Funeral and Memorial Service
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 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 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.