O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Words: George Matheson
Music: Christopher Miner
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.
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.
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.
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.

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠
This hymn was written on the evening of George Matheson’s sister’s marriage. His whole family had gone to the wedding and had left him alone. He felt intense mental anguish because this reminded him of his fiancé.
Years before, he had been engaged until his fiancé learned he was going blind and that there was nothing the doctors could do. She told him she could not go through life with a blind man.

He went blind while studying for the ministry and his sister had been the one to care for him but now she got married. He was 40 years old and his sister’s marriage was a fresh reminder of his own heartbreak. It was in the midst of these circumstances and intense sadness that the Lord gave Matheson this hymn which he said was written in five minutes.
Are you in distress right now? 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. Your “𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵” can be augmented by the “𝘀𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗲”. In Him, you can experience the 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 and His suffering on the cross “𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲.”

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