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Text:Nearer the Cross
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[Nearer the cross! my heart can say]
Composer:Phoebe Palmer Knapp
Media:MIDI file

4512. Nearer the Cross

1. Nearer the cross! my heart can say
I am coming nearer,
Nearer the cross from day to day,
I am coming nearer;
Nearer the cross where Jesus died,
Nearer the fountain’s crimson tide,
Nearer my Savior’s wounded side,
I am coming nearer, I am coming nearer.

2. Nearer the Christian’s mercy seat,
I am coming nearer;
Feasting my soul on manna sweet
I am coming nearer;
Stronger in faith, more clear I see
Jesus who gave Himself for me;
Nearer to Him I still would be,
Still I’m coming nearer
Still I’m coming nearer.

3. Nearer in prayer my hope aspires,
I am coming nearer;
Deeper the love my soul desires,
I am coming nearer;
Nearer the end of toil and care,
Nearer the joy I long to share,
Nearer the crown I soon shall wear;
I am coming nearer;
I am coming nearer.

Text Information
First Line: Nearer the cross! my heart can say
Title: Nearer the Cross
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1893)
Language: English
Source: Sermons in Song, by Grant C. Tullar & Isaac H. Meredith (Meyer and Brother, 1893)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Nearer the cross! my heart can say]
Composer: Phoebe Palmer Knapp
Incipit: 32123 51553 32321
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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