1 Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Yo quiero estar,
Aunque sobre una cruz,
Me haya de alzar.
Mi canto aun así,
Constante habrá de ser:
Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Mas cerca, si.
2 Si caminando voy,
Y de ansiedad
Me lleno al presentir,
La obscuridad,
Aun mi sueño así,
Me mostrara que estoy
Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Mas cerca, si.
3 Que encuentre senda aquí,
Que al cielo va,
Y en ella tu bondad,
Me sostendrá
Y ángeles habrá,
Que me conducirán
Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Mas cerca, si.
4 Después, al despertar,
Elevare
Un nuevo y santo altar,
De gratitud.
Así mis penas mil,
Me harán sentir que estoy
Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Mas cerca, si.
5 Si en vuelo celestial,
Al cielo voy,
Y sol y luna atrás,
Dejando estoy,
Alegre encontré,
Mi canto sin igual:
Más cerca, ¡Oh! Dios, de ti,
Mas cerca, si.
Source: Cantos Espirituales: para usarse en todos los servicios de la iglesia de Cristo (3rd rev. ed.) #65
Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the… Go to person page >
Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of thes… Go to person page >
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