Jesus, keep me near the Cross;
There a precious fountain
Free to all -- a healing stream --
Flows from Calvary's mountain
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Near the cross, a trembling soul
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning Star
Shed its beams around me
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
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
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Near the cross! I'll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
