Love That Will Not Let Me Go

1O 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!

2O Light that followest 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!

3O Joy that seekest me thro' 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!

4O 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!