GOSPEL >> Consecration
SDAH 315
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!
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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
Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.
3
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.
4
The dearest idol I have known,
What-e’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.
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Hymn Info
Biblical Information
(a) Gen 5:24 (b) Matt 3:16 (d) 1 John 5:21
Author
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Year Published
1769
Hymn Tune
MANOAH
Metrical Number
C.M.
Tune Source
Henry W. Greatorex’s Collection, Boston, 1851
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Notes
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“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.” The Lord instructs us in every ways that we may not be stumbled. But even though we fail at times, just like the Israelites, He is still there to lift us up again.
-Notes for SS Lesson 4th Quarter 2020 “Education.” Lesson 12 -Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God (Tuesday)
Though we were made in the image of our heavenly Father, that image was defaced because we loved something else more than God. But if we ask Him for help, we will find the strength to destroy every idol and restore His image in us again. (Lesson 4, 3rd Quarter 2022 -Sunday, In His Image, 7/17/2022)