o love that wilt not let me go

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.

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 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.

hymn by george matheson 1882