The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#581

581. 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 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

Tune Information

• Name: MANOAH
• Composer: Francis J. Haydn
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #546, 179, or 446.