Blessed Jesus, Draw Me Nearer

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Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer]
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1 Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer,
Nearer to Thy heart divine;
With Thy Holy Spirit fill me,
And my earthliness refine.

Refrain:
Draw me nearer, ever nearer,
And renew Thy life in me;
Since I long to know Thy fulness,
Draw me nearer, Lord to Thee.

2 Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer,
And subdue this will of mine;
Consecrate me to Thy service,
For I would be wholly Thine. [Refrain]

3 Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer,
I would Thee more fully know;
By Thy loving grace transform me,
In Thy image make me grow. [Refrain]

Source: The Praise Book: for Young People's Societies, Church Prayer Meetings and Sunday Schools #137

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Blessed Jesus, draw me nearer
Title:	Blessed Jesus, Draw Me Nearer
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Draw me nearer, ever nearer
Copyright:	Public Domain