Be near, O God, to me

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Be near, O God, to me

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [Be near, O God, to me]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Be near, O God, to me,
Nearer to me;
So shall I truly be
"Nearer to Thee."
Thy face I can not see,
Still be Thou near to me,
Nearer, O God, to me,
Nearer to me.

2 Fold me beneath Thy wing,
Saviour divine;
There may I sweetly sing,
"Jesus is mine."
O'er all life's stormy sea,
My guide and haven be,
Nearer, O God, to me,
Nearer to me.

3 Thy hand, in youth's wild way,
Did me uphold;
Forsake me not, I pray,
When I am old;
I put my trust in Thee,
Now and eternally,
Be near, O God, to me,
Nearer to me.

Source: Minnetonka Songs: for Sabbath Schools, compiled especially for the Minnetonka Sabbath-School Assembly #39

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Author: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

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