Explore "Genesis 5: 24" by John Newton on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
I: Oh for a closer walk with God, / A calm and heavenly frame, / A light to shine upon the road / That leads me to the Lamb!
II: Where is the blessedness I knew / When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view / Of Jesus and his word?
III: What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void / The world can never fill.
IV: Return, O holy Dove! return, / Sweet messenger of rest; / I hate the sins that made thee mourn, / And drove thee from my breast.
V: The dearest idol I have known, / Whate'er that idol be, / Help me to tear it from thy throne, / And worship only thee.
VI: 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.