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Hymn #383

O, for a Closer Walk!

Lyrics

Verse 1

O for a closer walk with God!
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

Verse 2

Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
And drove Thee from my breast.

Verse 3

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

Verse 4

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

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