Close By My Side

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Close by my side, O tender love

Author: Fannie E. Davison
Tune: [Close by my side, O tender love]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Close by my side, O tender love
That leads me to that home above;
That keeps beside me all the way,
That leads me toward the perfect day.

Chorus:
Close by my side, close by my side,
He waits my feeble steps to guide;
O Saviour still with me abide
Close by my side, close by my side.

2 Thro’ sun and storm, thro’ joy and grief,
To sorrow bringing sweet relief;
And guarding with His tender hand,
When dangers thickly ‘round me stand. [Chorus]

3 Forever faithful, loving true,
O Christ, my love, my life are due
Alone to Thee, most holy Friend,
Be with and keep me to the end. [Chorus]

Source: Gems and Jewels #117

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Author: Fannie E. Davison

Born: 1851, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Carthage, Missouri. Fannie’s father was killed when she was 10 years old; after her mother’s remarriage to hotelier Henry Warner, the family moved to Carthage, Missouri. Fannie married court reporter Asa Lee Davison and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, then Madison, Wisconsin. Several of her songs appeared in publications from the Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, including Songs of Gratitude (1877), Joy and Gladness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God --hymntime.com/tch/bi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Close by my side, O tender love
Title:	Close By My Side
Author:	Fannie E. Davison
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Close by my side, close by my side
Copyright:	Public Domain