Name: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Duration: P00H02M59S
Description: I love old hymns. This one speaks to me more than most, and I've never really been familiar with the original tune, so I wrote my own. I've taught it to a couple of church congregations and they seem to like it... Feel free to use this!

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

from The True Man (Demos) - Extended Edition by Thanny Mack

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I love old hymns. This one speaks to me more than most, and I've never really been familiar with the original tune, so I wrote my own. I've taught it to a couple of church congregations and they seem to like it... Feel free to use this!

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by George Matheson:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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from The True Man (Demos) - Extended Edition, released June 26, 2013

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Thanny Mack Ireland

Irish singer-songwriter, dabbling in the fine arts of piano, guitar & audience participation. I'm not really taking this seriously...neither should you.

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