O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

Verse 1
O Love that wilt not let me go, (Jer. 31:3, Rom. 8:38-39)
I rest my wea­ry soul in thee; (Matt. 11:29)
I give thee back the life I owe, (Rom. 12:1)
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. (Prov. 4:18)

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. (Ps. 30:5)

Verse 4
O Cross that lift­est up my head, (Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27, Ps. 3:3)
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glo­ry dead, (Phil. 3:7-8)
And from the ground there blos­soms red (John 12:24-25)
Life that shall end­less be.