532 | CPWI Hymnal#533 | 534 |
Text: | O for a closer walk with God |
Author: | William Cowper, 1731-1800 |
Tune: | CAITHNESS |
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 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.
3 Return, O holy Dove, return,
sweet messenger of rest:
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
and drove thee from my breast.
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 | |
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First Line: | O for a closer walk with God |
Author: | William Cowper, 1731-1800 |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | General Hymns: Service and Witness |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CAITHNESS |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Scottish Psalter, 1635; Arrangement: Editors of The English Hymnal, 1906 |