WALKING.
Enoch walked with God.—Genesis, v. 24.
I will walk before God in the land of the living.—Psalm cxvi. 9.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.—Proverbs, x. 9.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed!—Amos, iii. 3.
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.
Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?
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.
Cowper.
Delightful record! Enoch walked with God:
How great his happiness sublime and pure!
Here all is excellence—all solid bliss,
And all of heaven that can be found below.
O, while I dwell a sojourner on earth,
With steadfast purpose may I walk with God!
And though I cannot shun the gates of death,
I soon shall triumph in immortal peace.
Joseph Jones.