LOVE ~ LIGHT ~ JOY and The CROSS ~ AMEN !
O LOVE that will not let me go
I rest my weary soul in THEE
I give YOU back the LIFE I owe
That in Your Ocean Depths it flow
May Richer ~ Fuller BE !
O LIGHT that follows all my WAY
I yield My Flickering Torch to THEE
My Heart restores its borrowed RAY
That in Your Sunshines blaze its DAY
May Brighter ~ Fairer BE !
O JOY that seeks for me through PAIN
I cannot close my Heart to THEE
I trace the Rainbow through the RAIN
And know the Promise is not VAIN
That Morn shall Tearless BE !
O CROSS that liftests up my HEAD
I dare not seek to fly from thee
I lay in DUST lifes Glory DEAD
And from the ground there blossoms RED
LIFE that shall Endless BE !
Thanks for Reading ~ comments welcome ~ BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
This very Beautiful Hymn was written by George Mattheson
who was BLIND. It was written by George shortly after his
Fiancee had broken off their engagement. George realised
that although sometimes ~ Human Love may fail ~ The Love
of GOD NEVER EVER LETS GO ~ AMEN !
Hymns are very important in Christian Worship as Brother
ORCHIDEE reminds us every day ! I was recently at a Seminar
on HYMNOLOGY and we were asked "Which ONE HYMN would
we like at your FUNERAL ?" Without hesitating I replied "O LOVE
that will not let me go" especially the last verse ~ Love BRIAN !
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A lovely hymn-poem Brian. The author was blind from his youth, I think - George Matheson. A very poignant story about him on Wikipedia.
When one's light may be going out, or seeming to be, physically or spiritually, there is Christ the Light of the world for us still.
Thanks for reminding me of that UNCLE STEVE ~ I am adding a codicil ~ but I like to PUBLISH the POEM in case I accidentally delete it. Thanks for your Wonderful comment ~ Yours as even BRIAN
Amen, Brian, Amen.
Thanks UNCLE ANDY ~ For me it is one of the most beautiful and meaningful HYMNS in the whole HYMNOLOGY and it was written from a Broken Heart ~ AMEN INDEED. I have added a CODICIL
Love to YOU & JOYCE from BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Ooooo BIG BEAR : What a wonderful song for Sunday. Its Sunday Evening Here and we had a BARBIE after Church this morning : sorry you are all freezing to DEATH in the UK! We had lots of LAMB & VEGGIES & FRUIT and KIWI JUICE which I love ! The Church Barbies are TEETOTAL ! I was interested in your choice of Funeral Hymn and I agree it will be very appropriate in 50 years time ! Personally I would choose HOW GREAT THOU ART which is more general ! Whenever we have it at a Funeral it not only lifts the ROOF but also everybodies SPIRIT ! Have a great day Abrazos y Besos con todo de mi Amor : ANGEL 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Good Evening ANGEL ~ Thanks for your comment Ive added HOW GREAT THOU ART to my list f Hymns for 2068 ~ You know I like to THINK AHEAD ! We have gone an hour back for Summertime so I guess its about 11 pm for you ~ Pleased it was warm enough for a BARBIE ~ Tiempo de Mono Laton aqui ! Todo de mi Amor Siempre ! Besos y Abrazos Fuerte ~ BIG BEAR BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Aw this was beautiful....I'm not religious but I appreciate lovely words when I see them. Thanks for sharing
Thanks JOOLES ~ Pleased you enjoyed it. Every HYMN is a Beautiful Poem because they always have RHYME & RHYTHM ! I like to post one each Sunday ~ OK. Yours as always ~ BRIAN
Outstanding, felt so good to read and even pulled the heart strings gently after.
Thank you for sharing
THANKS DAN ~ Pleased you enjoyed it and felt its affect ! It always affects me emotionally especially the last verse ~ AMEN. Yours BRIAN.
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