...their conversion, but they are absolutely wrong in doing so. It is a terrible thing for us to say, 'Where is the blessedness I knew when first I saw the Lord?' We should never say that, and Cowper was a deeply depressed man when he wrote those words. But we,...

..."Enoch walked with God" (Genesis 5:24), to convey his desperate quest for companionship and serenity: Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly...light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! . . . The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne,...

...asked that the spirits come under God's divine order for peaceful manifestations by singing: 31. a) O For a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame;...light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! b) So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the...

...is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. 0 for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame;...light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; 1 hate the sins that made thee mourn, And...

...then he was no more, because God took him away." 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! The dearest idol I have known, whate'er that idol be, help me to tear it from 77cy throne and...

...Cowper. Walking with GOD. GENESIS Chap. v. 24 1 Oh! for a closer walk with GOD, A calm and heav'nly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me...Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the L o RD ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of JESUS, and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!...

...such a life destroy. Yet live by him I kill'd. William Cowper (1731-1800) Walking with God Gen. v. 24 Oh for a closer walk with God! A calm and heavenly...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...

...to save ourselves from ourselves, for ourselves. To accomplish this, we need to "walk with God." "O for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame,...light to shine upon the road That leads me to the lamb." In the inescapable arena of life, each man still goes through this heroic act of living. But...

...HYMNS (1771-1772) I. Walking with God Gen. v.24 Oh! 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...

...Cowper, 1772 SH403 ELIZABETHTOWN 102 George Kingsley, 1838 MH 305, CH 360 I ^=ï btt O for a clos -er walk with God, A calm and heaven-ly frame, A light to shine up - on the road That leads me to the Lamb. Common Meter— 8.6. 8.6. William Hiley Bathurst, 1831...