Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O for a closer walk with God
Topic: Aspiration to Divine Communion
Writer: William Cowper
Composer: T Cook
Meter: CM
Tune: Prayer
Hymn Number: 347
Page Number: 123, 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 saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and His word?
What peaceful hours I once 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.