Nearer Thee

Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, Closer to Thy side each day

Author: F. A. Clark
Tune: [Draw me nearer, blessed Savior] (Clark)
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Author: F. A. Clark

F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020) Go to person page >

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First Line: Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, Closer to Thy side each day
Title: Nearer Thee
Author: F. A. Clark
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Nearer Thee, nearer Thee
Publication Date: 1906
Copyright: Public Domain
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