Come Near Me

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

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.

Verse 4

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.