Draw Me Nearer

Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, O draw me to Yhy side

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [Draw me nearer, blessed Savior] (Danks)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, O draw me to Yhy side
Title: Draw Me Nearer
Author: John R. Clements
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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International Praise #39

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