O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Lyrics
George Matheson
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 through 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.
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O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Hymn Story
DR. GEORGE MATHESON was one of the most loved clergymen in the Church of Scotland. His writings were numerous and of a high order; but the marvel of it all is that he was able to accomplish so much without his sight, for from the age of fifteen he was blind.
His hymn beginning, “O Love that wilt not let me go,” was sung out of his blindness and gives evidence of the courage with which he bore his great affliction.
His own story of how he came to write the hymn is well worth quoting: “My hymn was composed in the manse of Innellan on the evening of June 6, 1882. I was at the time alone. It was the day of my sister’s wedding, and the rest of the family were staying overnight in Glasgow.
Something had happened to me, which was known only to myself; and which caused the most severe mental suffering. It was the quickest bit of work I ever did in my life. I had the impression rather of having it dictated to me by some inward voice than of working it out myself.”
William T. Stead quotes this letter from a correspondent: “At a time of great spiritual darkness, when God, Christ, and heaven seemed to have gone out of my life, . . . I heard this hymn sung in a little country chapel. The first two lines haunted me for weeks, and at last brought light and comfort to my dark soul.”
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go YouTube Video
Below is a video featuring this beautiful hymn
