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308a. O for a closer walk with God

Text Information
First Line: O for a closer walk with God
Title: O for a closer walk with God
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Topic: The Life in Christ: Consecration and Discipleship; The Gospel Call
Notes: Alternate Tune, MARTYRDOM, opposite.
Tune Information
Name: STRACATHRO
Composer: Charles Hutcheson, 1792-1860
Meter: C.M.
Copyright: From Enlarged Songs of Praise, by permission of the Oxford University Press



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