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Text:O for a closer walk with God
Author:W. Cowper
Tune:[O for a closer walk with God]

501. 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
Author: W. Cowper (1772)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1913
Topic: The Church Year: Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity; Holiness
Tune Information
Name: [O for a closer walk with God]
Meter: C. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Scotch Psalter, 1615



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