Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

Jesus, keep me near the cross, 

There a precious fountain, 

Free to all, a healing stream, 

Flows from Calvary's mountain. 

Refrain: 

In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever, 

Till my raptured soul shall find 

Rest beyond the river. 

To the cross, a trembling soul, 

Love and mercy brought me; 

There the Bright and Morning Star 

Sheds its beams around me. 

Near the cross! O Lamb of God, 

Bring its scenes before me; 

Help me walk from day to day

With its shadows o'er me.

Near the cross I'll watch and wait, 

Hoping, trusting ever, 

Till I reach the golden strand 

Just beyond the river.

Fanny J. Crosby, 1869.