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Text:O for a Closer Walk with God
Author:William Cowper
Tune:DALEHURST
Composer:Arthur Cottman

397. O for a Closer Walk with God

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 Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.

3 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

4 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 (1772)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ;
Topic: Dedication; Repentance
Tune Information
Name: DALEHURST
Composer: Arthur Cottman (1874)
Meter: CM
Key: F Major



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