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Music Mondays - O love that wilt not let me go

Every week we'll be sharing one of the hymns our choir and instrumentalists have recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic for our online services. These are led musically by Brenda and Ben de Souza, and edited and compiled by Ben. We are grateful for the hard work and dedication put in by Brenda, Ben and all the musicians. You can find previous Music Monday posts on our Facebook page. Read on to discover more about this week's hymn... I heard the voice of Jesus say (Singing the Faith 636) 🔠 Words by George Matheson (1842 - 1906) 🎼 Tune - 'St Margaret' - by Albert L. Peace (1844 - 1912) Rev. Dr George Matheson was a Scottish minister and hymn writer. He grew up in a large family in Glasgow and was completely blind by the age of 12. After studying classics, logic and philosophy at the University of Glasgow, Matheson dedicated his time to historical and theological study in order to enter the ministry. As a minister he served churches in Innelan (18 years) and St Bernard's Parish, Edinburgh (13 years). In 1881 he was selected as the Baird lecturer, for which his chosen topic was 'Natural Elements of Revealed Theology' and in 1882 was the St Giles lecturer, his subject being 'Confucianism'. Matheson received honorary degrees from the universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen and was also elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died of a stroke at North Berwick in 1906. In Matheson's own words 'O love that wilt not let me go' "was written in the Manse of my former parish (Innellan, Argyleshire) one summer evening in 1882. It was composed with extreme rapidity; it seemed to me that its construction occupied only a few minutes, and I felt myself rather in the position of one who was being dictated to than of an original artist. I was suffering from extreme mental distress, and the hymn was the fruit of pain." Albert L. Peace, a renowned Scottish organist, wrote the hymn tune 'St Margaret' at the request of the Scottish Hymnal Committee. Peace is quoted as saying “After reading it [Matheson's text] 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.”