- Tenor Recorder (Soprano Line)
- Bass Recorder (Alto & Tenor Lines)
- Great Bass Recorder (Bass Line)
- Verse 1
- Jesus, keep me near the cross,
- There a precious fountain;
- Free to all, a healing stream,
- Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.
- Refrain
- In the cross, in the cross
- Be my glory ever,
- Till my ransomed soul shall find
- Rest beyond the river.
- Verse 2
- Near the cross, a trembling soul,
- Love and mercy found me;
- There the Bright and Morning Star
- Shed His beams around me.
- Refrain
- In the cross, in the cross
- Be my glory ever,
- Till my ransomed soul shall find
- Rest beyond the river.
- Verse 3
- Near the cross! O lamb of God,
- Bring its scenes before me;
- Help me walk from day to day
- With its shadow o'er me.
- Refrain
- Verse 4
- Near the cross! I'll watch and wait,
- Hoping, trusting ever;
- Till I reach the golden strand,
- Just beyond the river.
- Refrain
- July 17 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Near The Cross (Doane) composed 1869 by William Howard Doane (1832-1915).
- Lyrics written 1869 by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
- Hymn #190 in The New Church Hymnal