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| Text: | O for a closer walk with God |
| Author: | William Cowper (1731-1800) |
| Tune: | CAITHNESS |
1 O for a closer walk with God,
a calm and heavenly frame;
a light to shine upon the road
that leads me to the Lamb!
2 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed,
how sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.
3 Return, O holy Dove, return,
sweet messenger of rest:
I hate the sins that made thee mourn
and drove thee from my breast.
4 The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from thy throne
and worship only thee.
5 So shall my walk be close with God,
calm and serene my frame;
so purer light shall mark the road
that leads me to the Lamb.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O for a closer walk with God |
| Author: | William Cowper (1731-1800) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | ; ; |
| Topic: | Commitment; Discipleship; Jesus: Names and images for (7 more...) |
| Notes: | May also be sung to BELMONT (425). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CAITHNESS |
| Meter: | CM |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Source: | Melody from Scottish Psalter, 1635; harmonised by Compilers of English Hymnal, 1906 |
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