Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Jesus keep me near the cross
Topic: Christian/Cross
Writer: F Van Alstyne
Composer: W Doane
Meter: 7s and 6s with chorus
Tune: Near the Cross
Hymn Number: 633
Page Number: 246, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS, keep me near the cross:
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calvary's mountain.-CHO.
CHO.-In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ev-er,
Till my rapt-ured soul shall find
Rest beyond the riv-er.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.-CHO.
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.-CHO.