[Verse]
I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship you, O my soul, rejoice
Take joy my King
In what you hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear
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[Verse 1]
Jesus, keep me near the cross
There a precious fountain
Free to all, a healing stream
Flows from Calvary'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]
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my ransomed soul shall find
Rest beyond the river

[Verse 4]
Near the cross! I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river

[Refrain]
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my ransomed soul shall find
Rest beyond the river