Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross

(Fanny J. Crosby - William Howard Doane - Jimmie Davis)



Jesus keep me near the cross

There a precious fountain

Free to all a healing stream flows

From Calv'ry's mountain.



In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

Till my raptured 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.



In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river.



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Near the cross I'll watch and wait

Hoping trusting ever

Till I reach the golden strand

Just beyond the river.



In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river...