Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: O for a closer walk with God
Topic: The Backslider Returning to God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 29
Page Number: 027, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO 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!
Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I found the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view,
Of Jesus and his word.
What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd,
How sweet their mem'ry still;
But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.
Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.
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.