O for a closer walk with God
David McGregor
Winner of the Charles Wood Festival Composers' Competition, 2024 Dedicated to the memory of Ian Keatley (1982 - 2024), Founding Director of the Charles Wood Girls' Choir Performed by the Charles Wood Singers under the direction of David Hill Recorded by BBC Radio Ulster in St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh on Sunday 18 August, 2024. 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. William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
(New thread, copied from the Armargh CE thread, where it might have got overlooked in general discussion of the broadcast evensong.)
David McGregor
Winner of the Charles Wood Festival Composers' Competition, 2024 Dedicated to the memory of Ian Keatley (1982 - 2024), Founding Director of the Charles Wood Girls' Choir Performed by the Charles Wood Singers under the direction of David Hill Recorded by BBC Radio Ulster in St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh on Sunday 18 August, 2024. 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. William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
(New thread, copied from the Armargh CE thread, where it might have got overlooked in general discussion of the broadcast evensong.)
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