958    C.M.     WIlliam Cowper
Walking with God. Gen. 5. 22, 24

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.

2 Where is the blessedness I knew
  When first I saw the Lord?
  Where is the soul-refreshing view
  Of Jesus and his word?

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed,
  How sweet their memory still!
  But now I find an aching void
  The world can never fill.

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

5 The dearest idol I have known,
  Whate’er that idol be;
  Help me to tear it from thy throne,
  And worship only thee.

6 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.