THE CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS

(88.88.6) R. C. H. 424

by Unknown

O love that wilt not let me go
"That you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God". Eph. 3:19
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
My 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 upon 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.
GEORGE MATHESON, 1842-1906 (By permission of Novello & co. Ltd.)