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Text:"Nearer to thee"
Author:Benjamin Cleveland
Tune:EVAN
Composer:W. H. Havergal

297. "Nearer to thee"

1 Oh, could I find, from day to day,
A nearness to my God,
Then would my hours glide sweet away
While leaning on his word.

2 Lord, I desire with thee to live
Anew from day to day,
In joys the world can never give,
Nor ever take away.

3 Blest Jesus, come and rule my heart,
And make me wholly thine,
That I may never more depart,
Nor grieve thy love divine.

4 Thus, till my last, expiring breath,
Thy goodness I'll adore;
And when my frame dissolves in death,
My soul shall love thee more.

Text Information
First Line: O could I find, from day to day
Title: "Nearer to thee"
Author: Benjamin Cleveland
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Christian Experience; Backsliding; Christians: Conflicts (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: EVAN
Composer: W. H. Havergal
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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