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Jesus keep me near the cross,
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There a precious fountain.
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Free to all a healing stream,
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Flows from Calvary's mountain.
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Near the cross, a trembling soul,
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Love and Mercy found me.
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There the bright and morning star
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Sheds its beams around me.
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In the cross, in the cross.
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Be my glory ever.
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Til my ransomed soul shall find
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Rest beyond the river.
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Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
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Bring its scenes before me.
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Help me walk from day to day,
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With its shadows o’er me.
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Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
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Hoping, trusting ever,
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Til I reach the golden strand,
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Just beyond the river.