27 March 1842 A.D. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: Birth of Rev. George Mattheson, Scottish Hymnwriter—Author of “O Love, that will not let me go…”
27 March 1842 A.D. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: Birth of Rev. George Mattheson, Scottish Hymnwriter—Author of “O Love, that will not let me go…” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiZ9xXoZ1Mk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHM3bG6_ZoQ Myers, David T. “March 27: 1842 Birth of George Mattheson (Trinity Hymnal).” This Day in Presbyterian History. 27 Mar 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/03/march-27-2/ . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. March 27: 1842 Birth of George Matheson (Trinity Hymnal) The Hymn was a Fruit of Sufferings We all experience it. Suffering, I mean. It can last a short time. It can last a long time. It might be a disappointment in life. We thought that we had it all figured out, but then one of those “hard Providences” cames along, and we are in suffering on account of it. Perhaps it happened to ourselves, to a spouse, to a child, to a grown loved one, to a friend, and we are in extreme anguish as a result. George Mattheson, the Scottish hy...