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Keep Close to Jesus (Chorus)

Author: John Lane Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus (Chorus)

[Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 55553 66665 55553 Used With Text: Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus

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Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus

Hymnal: Songs of Victory #c126 (1890) Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus]

Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus

Hymnal: CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #100 (1936) Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep close to Jesus, keep close to Jesus]

1853 - 1945 Author of "Keep Close to Jesus (Chorus)" Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives. =================================== Lane’s works include: Salvation Melodies (Kansas City, Missouri: John Lane, 1897) Lyrics-- As I Go Along My Pilgrim Way As You Travel Life’s Rough Pathway Christians, Rise and Join the Army How Happy the Home, with a Baby About I Am Going to Heaven with My Savior I Came to Jesus Weary Worn I Love My Savior, He’s Good to Me If You Have Lost in the Battle In the Home Where Jesus Is an Honored Guest In the Storms of Life Jesus Loves Little Children Jesus, We Look to Thee Keep Close to Jesus My Sins Are All Forgiven Out in the World I Wandered Remember Your Mother There Is Great Joy in Heaven There Is Hope for All There’s a Story Ever New ’Tis a Pleasure Sweet We Are Happy Children When a Brother Goes Wrong When from Friends on Earth We’re Parted --www.hymntime.com/tch