O love that wilt not let me go

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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.

								G.Matheson