Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross Lyrics Sda Hymnal

There a precious fountain free to all a healing stream flows from calvary s mountain.

Jesus keep me near the cross lyrics sda hymnal. There a precious fountain free to all a healing stream flows from calvary s mountain. Jesus keep me near the cross. Near the cross alternatively named jesus keep me near the cross or in the cross is a christian hymn authored by fanny crosby and published in 1869. Near the cross a trembling soul love and mercy found me.

There the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. Jesus keep me near the cross. There a precious fountain free to all a healing stream flows from calvary s mountain. In this hymn crosby calls to jesus to keep her near the cross and therefore within his love and grace.

The refrain in the baptist hymnal from the early 1990 s goes n the cross in the cross be my glory ever til my ransomed soul shall find rest beyond the river the ransomed soul referring to what jesus death on the cross accomplished for our souls by paying for our ransom from sin s enslavement. The refrain of this hymn echoes the words of the apostle paul but far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our lord jesus christ by which the world has been crucified to me and i to the world galatians 6 14 esv the stanzas are a prayer that the christian would always remember the redemptive work of christ on the cross and live faithfully in that memory. In the cross in the cross. Jesus keep me near the cross.

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