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Text:O for a closer walk with God
Author:William Cowper
Tune:BETHEL

27. O for a closer walk with God

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 saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and His word?

3 What peaceful hours I once 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
Author: William Cowper (1772)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1991
Tune Information
Name: BETHEL
Meter: C.M.
Incipit: 13514 32123 53543
Key: f minor



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