Page:A Selection of Hymns Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston, Ed. by R. Daniel.djvu/69



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.

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!

How sweet their mem'ry still;

But they have left an aching void

The world can never fill.

Return, Oh 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.

Oh! for a heart to praise my God;

A heart from sin set free;

A heart that's sprinkled with the blood

So freely shed for me.

Oh! for a lowly contrite heart,

Believing, true, and clean,