Near the Cross

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Jesus, keep me near the cross, there a precious fountain,
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Free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary’s moun tain.
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In the cross, in the cross be my glory e ver;
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Till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the ri ver.

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Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me,
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There the Bright and Morning Star sheds its beams a round me.
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In the cross, in the cross be my glory e ver;
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Till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the ri ver.

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Near the cross! O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me;
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Help me walk from day to day with its shadows o’er me.
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In the cross, in the cross be my glory e ver;
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Till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the ri ver.

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Near the cross I’ll watch and wait, hoping, trusting e ver,
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Till I reach the golden strand just beyond the ri ver.
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In the cross, in the cross be my glory e ver;
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Till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the ri ver.

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