O! for a closer walk with God

Walking with GOD by William Cowper


 * O! 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 enjoyed!
 * How sweet their memory 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.