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Text:Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Author:G. Matheson
Tune:MARGARET
Composer:A. L. Peace

401. 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 followest all my way,
I yield my flick'ring torch to Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine's glow its day
May brighter, fairer be!

3 O Joy that seekest me thro' pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow thro' the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn's shall tearless be!

4 O cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to hide from thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossom red,
Life that shall endless be!

Text Information
First Line: O Love that will not let me go
Title: Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Author: G. Matheson
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: God: God's Love and Mercy; Special Selections: Choir or Quartet
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MARGARET
Composer: A. L. Peace
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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