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NEAR THE CROSS

Available worship resources for Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross include: chord chart, multitrack, backing track, lyric video, and streaming. This hymn was written by Fanny Crosby, 1869 . Modern arrangement and recording by Nathan Drake, Reawaken Hymns. CCLI# 7204690

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Near the Cross Chords

from "Hymns of the Spirit"

Capo5   

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Intro/InterludesC    F    C    G   

 

C                         F              

Jesus keep me near the cross, 

C                             G

There a precious fountain.

C                    F             

Free to all a healing stream,

C                                   G        C

Flows from Calvary's mountain.

 

 

C                             F       

Near the cross, a trembling soul,

C                           G
Love and Mercy found me.

C                                    F       
There the bright and morning star

C                             G           C

Sheds its beams around me.

 

 

     Chorus

      C                    F           

     In the cross, in the cross.

      C                   G

     Be my glory ever.

      C                            F               

     Til my ransomed soul shall find 

      C                          G    C

     Rest beyond the river.

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C                              F       
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,

C                                G

Bring its scenes before me.

C                                  F       

Help me walk from day to day,

C                              G     C

With its shadows o’er me.

 

 

     Chorus

 

C                              F       

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait

C                            G

Hoping, trusting ever,

C                        F       

Til I reach the golden strand,

C                         G    C

Just beyond the river.

 

 

     Chorus

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ACOUSTIC

Near The Cross Chords

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C                        F              

Jesus keep me near the cross, 

C                            G

There a precious fountain.

C                    F             

Free to all a healing stream,

C                                    G      C

Flows from Calvary's mountain.

 

 

     Chorus

     C                    F           

     In the cross, in the cross.

     C                    G

     Be my glory ever.

     C                            F               

     Til my ransomed soul shall find 

     C                           G    C

     Rest beyond the river.

 

 

C                             F       

Near the cross, a trembling soul,

C                           G
Love and Mercy found me.

C                                    F       
There the bright and morning star

C                              G          C

Sheds its beams around me.
 

 

C                             F       
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,

C                             G

Bring its scenes before me.

C                              F       

Help me walk from day to day,

C                             G     C

With its shadows o’er me.

 

 

C                              F       

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait

C                            G

Hoping, trusting ever,

C                        F       

Til I reach the golden strand,

C                          G    C

Just beyond the river.

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