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 follow'st 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.

O Joy that seekest me thro' 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 hide from Thee;

I lay in dust life's glory dead,

And from the ground there blossoms red

Life that shall endless be.

Amen.