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Hymnal Number
615Resource Type:
Keys included:
G
About this Hymn
In speaking of the way God's love sees us through our most difficult hours, Scottish minister George Matheson wrote, "Thy path of tears was an unconscious rainbow; it led thy soul aloft on an arch of triumph. It was only from the summit of the arch that thou couldst tell how really glorious was thy path of tears. . . . And when thou countest up the gifts of Divine love, thou shalt look upon the crosses of thy life and say, 'The love of Christ constrained me' (2 Cor. 5:14)."
Lyrics
Verse 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.
Verse 2
O Light that foll'west 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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 blossoms red life that shall endless be.
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.
Verse 2
O Light that foll'west 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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 blossoms red life that shall endless be.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: George Matheson, 1882
Music: Albert L. Peace, 1884
Music: Albert L. Peace, 1884