O! for a closer walk with God

The words

1. 1

   Stanza 1. O! for a closer walk with God,A calm and heav’nly frame;A light to shine upon the roadThat leads me to the Lamb!

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   Stanza 2. Where is the blessedness I knewWhen first I saw the LORD?Where is the soul–refreshing viewOf JESUS, and his word?

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   Stanza 3. What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!How sweet their memory still!But they have left an aching void,The world can never fill.

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   Stanza 4. Return, O holy Dove, return,Sweet messenger of rest;I hate the sins that made thee mourn,And drove thee from my breast.

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   Stanza 5. The dearest idol I have known,Whate’er that idol be;Help me to tear it from thy throne,And worship only thee.

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   Stanza 6. So shall my walk be close with God,Calm and serene my frame;So purer light shall mark the roadThat leads me to the Lamb.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 3. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-3