Come Near Me

Come near me

O my Sav­ior;

Thy ten­der­ness re­veal;

O

let me know the sym­pa­thy

Which Thou for me dost feel;

I need Thee ev­ery mo­ment;

Thine ab­sence brings dis­may;

But when the tempt­er hurls his darts

’Twere death with Thee away.

Come near me

my Re­deem­er

And nev­er leave my side;

My bark

when tossed on trou­ble’s sea

The storm can­not out­ride

Unless the word of pow­er

Arrest the surg­ing wave;

No voice but Thine its rage can quell

No arm but Thine can save.

Come near me

bless­èd Je­sus

I need Thee in my joy;

No less than when the dir­est ills

My hap­pi­ness de­stroy;

For when the sun shines o’er me

And flow­ers strew the way

Without Thy wise and guid­ing hand

More ea­si­ly I stray.

Be near me

migh­ty Sav­ior

When comes the lat­est strife;

For Thou hast thro’ death’s sha­dows passed

And oped the gates of life;

And when among the ran­somed

I stand with crown and palm

To Thee

di­vine

un­fail­ing Friend

I’ll raise eter­nal psalm.