Oh for a closer walk with God (Charles Villiers Stanford)
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- Editor: Ted Dean (submitted 2006-04-22). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Hymn (after a song of Wisdom) - Oh for a closer walk with God
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Lyricist: William Cowper (1731-1800)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published: 1910
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Original text and translations
English text
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!
Return, O holy dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
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.