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| Text: | O for a Closer Walk with God |
| Author: | William Cowper |
| Tune: | CAITHNESS |
1 O for a closer walk with God,
a calm and heav'nly frame,
a light to shine upon the road
that leads me to the Lamb!
2 Where is the blessedness I knew
when first I sought the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
of Jesus and His Word?
3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.
4 Return, O holy Dove, return,
sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
and drove Thee from my breast.
5 The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from Thy throne
and worship only Thee.
6 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 |
| Title: | O for a Closer Walk with God |
| Author: | William Cowper (1769) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Topic: | Submission and Profession |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CAITHNESS |
| Meter: | CM |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Scottish Psalter, 1635; Harm. The English Hymnal, 1906, alt. |
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