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[I would be nearer, my Savior]

[I would be nearer, my Savior]

Composer: W. H. Oldham (1909)
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: W. H. Oldham

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Tune Information

Title: [I would be nearer, my Savior]
Composer: W. H. Oldham (1909)
Meter: 8.6.8.6.5.5.9.5
Incipit: 54332 14371 24435
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Draw Me Close to Thee

I would be nearer, my Savior,
Where I can hear Thy voice
Falling in tenderest whispers,
Making my heart rejoice.

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Evening Light Songs #442

Hymnal of the Church of God #395

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