O for a humbler walk with God
O for a humbler walk with God. Edward Harland* (1810-1890).
This hymn was published in Harland’s Church Psalter and Hymnal (1855), in four stanzas. It is obviously a variant on ‘O for a closer walk with God’*, by William Cowper*, which is also found in the 1855 book. It is printed close to Harland’s adaptation, as though Harland was not afraid to draw attention to the provenance of his hymn:
O for a humbler walk with God! Lord bend this stubborn heart of mine, Subdue each rising, rebel thought, And all my will conform to thine.
O for a holier walk with God! A heart from all pollution free. Expel, O Lord, each sinful love, And fill my soul with love to Thee.
O for a nearer walk with God!...
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