This song has been going through my head this week - my prayer in the midst of this crazy world. Thank you, Fanny Crosby, for your timeless words of truth.
- 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.
- Refrain:
- Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and Mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me. - Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me. - Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.
2 comments:
This is such a great song. So, do you have all these stanzas memorized? I would imagine singing in the college choir would have caused you to be required to memorize many of these good hymns. That is a wonderful thing!
Mom, I think I might have most of the stanzas memorized but for some reason song memorization has always been easy for me. :-) It is even helping me learn all the great stuff Aaron is memorizing for school!
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