Text: | Closer to Thee |
Tune: | [O Jesus my Lord and my Savior] |
Composer: | P. Bilhorn |
1 O Jesus my Lord and my Savior,
A rock and a refuge to me;
I long to be drawn by thy favor,
Still closer and closer to thee.
Chorus:
Closer to thee, closer to thee,
Closer my Lord and my Savior,
Closer to thee, closer to thee,
Draw me still closer to thee.
2 Let peace from thy presence possess me,
A peace that abiding shall be;
And when my temptations distress me,
O draw me still closer to thee. [Chorus]
3 When close by thy side I am keeping,
My pathway is mark'd out by thee;
And rich are the fields for my reaping,
While closer and closer to thee. [Chorus]
4 And when my life's journey is ending,
The waves of the river I see;
Let angels from glory descending,
My spirit bear closer to thee. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus my Lord and my Savior |
Title: | Closer to Thee |
Refrain First Line: | Closer to thee, closer to thee |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Source: | The "Lanan" |
Copyright: | Copyright, 1888, by P. Bilhorn. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O Jesus my Lord and my Savior] |
Composer: | P. Bilhorn |
Incipit: | 53321 71266 51232 |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Copyright, 1888, by P. Bilhorn. |