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| Text: | O, for a closer walk with God! |
| Author: | Wm. Cowper |
| Tune: | MANOAH |
| Composer: | Francis J. Haydn |
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 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.
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: | Wm. Cowper |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MANOAH |
| Composer: | Francis J. Haydn |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #546, 179, or 446. |
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