English
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
- Author
- George Matheson
- Tune
- ST. MARGARET (8,8,8,8,6)
- Composer
- Albert Peace
- Copyright
- ✓ Public Domain Verified
Verse 1
O Love that will 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 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.
Verse 3
O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow thro' 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 fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be.
Public Domain Information
- Text
- Public Domain
- Tune
- Public Domain
- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Verification sources
- The Army and Navy Hymnal (Public Domain Archive)
Public Domain status verified for the listed text/source.
Rights & Sources
- Text Rights
- Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 110, scan page 126 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/126). Credit as printed: George Matheson, 1882. Text author: George Matheson (1842–1906; dates from Wikidata Q5542235, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1906): public domain.
- Tune Rights
- Public Domain Tune ST. MARGARET by Albert Peace (1885), printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920). https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The+Army+and+Navy+Hymnal%2FHymns%2FO+Love+That+Will+Not+Let+Me+Go&oldid=13800201
- Translation Rights
- Not applicable (original-language text)
- Arrangement Rights
- No BibleSlide arrangement provided
- Recording Rights
- No recording provided
- Score / sheet music Rights
- No sheet music provided