Close to Thee

Thou my ev­er­last­ing por­tion

More than friend or life to me

All along my pil­grim jour­ney

Savior

let me walk with Thee.

Close to Thee

close to Thee

Close to Thee

close to Thee

All along my pil­grim jour­ney

Savior

let me walk with Thee.

Not for ease or world­ly plea­sure

Nor for fame my pray­er shall be;

Gladly will I toil and suf­fer

Only let me walk with Thee.

Close to Thee

close to Thee

Close to Thee

close to Thee

Gladly will I toil and suf­fer

Only let me walk with Thee.

Lead me through the vale of sha­dows

Bear me over life’s fit­ful sea;

Then the gate of life eter­nal

May I en­ter

Lord

with Thee.

Close to Thee

close to Thee

Close to Thee

close to Thee

Then the gate of life eter­nal

May I en­ter

Lord

with Thee.