This hymn of William Cowper was inspired by Genesis 5:24:
Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
317 O For a Closer Walk with God
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!
Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn
And drove Thee from my breast.
The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.
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!
—The Concordia Hymnal(Augsburg Publishing House), 1960.
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