Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Jesus keep me near the cross
Topic: Christ/Atonement
Writer: F Van Alstyne
Composer: W Doane
Meter: PM
Tune: Near the Cross
Hymn Number: 723
Page Number: 275, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS, keep me near the cross;
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.--CHO.
Chorus.--In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptur'd soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
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.