O love that wilt not let me go by Indelible Grace

Lyrics by George Matheson, Original Music by Albert Peace

'It is believed that heavy mental distress prompted the author [Matheson] to write this text. A very popular account, is that this text was an outpouring from the heart of Matheson after his fiancée left him just before their marriage when she learned of his impending total blindness. There are many significant hints in this hymn reflecting a broken and saddened heart, such as the "flickering torch" and "borrowed ray" in the second stanza, the tracing of the "rainbow through the rain" in the third stanza, as well as the "cross" in the last verse. Fortunately, Dr. Matheson did leave an account of his writing of this hymn:
"My hymn was composed in the manse of Innellan on the evening of the 6th of June, 1882. I was at that time alone. It was the day of my sister's marriage, and the rest of the family were staying overnight in Glasgow. Something happened to me, which was known only to myself, and which caused me the most severe mental suffering. The hymn was the fruit of that suffering. It was the quickest bit of work I ever did in my life. I had the impression rather of having it dictated to me by some inward voice than of working it out myself. I am quite sure that the whole work was completed in five minutes, and equally sure it never received at my hands any retouching or correction. I Have no natural gift of rhythm. All the other verses I have ever written are manufactured articles; this came like a dayspring from on high. I have never been able to gain once more the same fervor in verse." '

The tune was composed one year later by a prominent Scotch organist and composer of his day, Albert L. Peace. Albert was requested by the Scottish Hymnal Committee to write a tune especially for Matheson's text. Albert's own account of the writing of this fine tune is as follows:
"After reading it over carefully, I wrote the music straight off, and may say that the ink of the first note was hardly dry when I had finished the tune."

Information taken from http://www.hymnalaccompanist.com/Story/story76.html

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[happymealzzz1]

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[curious821]

Well done!!

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