Devotional – April 17, 2025

On this Thursday of Holy Week (Maundy or Holy Thursday)

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

The United Methodist Hymnal Number 480

Text: George Matheson, 1842-1906 

Music: Albert L. Peace, 1844-1912 

Tune: ST. MARGARET, Meter: 88.886

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 thru 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.

Here is a link to the song.

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go – UMH 480

Peace Be With You. – Paul