Text: | Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross |
Author: | Frances Jane (Crosby) Van Alstyne |
Tune: | NEAR THE CROSS |
Composer: | William Howard Doane, (1831-1915) |
1 Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.
Refrain:
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
2 Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the Bright and Morning Star
Sheds its beams around me. [Refrain]
3 Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o'er me. [Refrain]
4 Near the cross I'll watch and wait,
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river. [Refrain]
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, keep me near the cross |
Title: | Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross |
Author: | Frances Jane (Crosby) Van Alstyne (1869) |
Refrain First Line: | In the cross |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. Trochaic. With Refrain. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1937 |
Topic: | Way of Salvation: Sanctification; Lenten Hymns; Names and Office of Christ: Lamb |
Copyright: | Used by permission of W. H. Doane, owner of the Copyright. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEAR THE CROSS |
Composer: | William Howard Doane, (1831-1915) |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. Trochaic. With Refrain. |
Key: | F Major |