209 A CLOSER WALK
[V1]
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.
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.
[V2]
Return, O holy Dove! Return,
Sweet Messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
Return, O holy Dove! Return,
Sweet Messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
[V3]
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.
[V4]
The dread idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
A worship only thee.
The dread idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
A worship only thee.