Nearer the Fount

Verse 1

Nearer the fount of Jesus’ love, peacefully, purely flowing, Nearer the fount that gleams above, Daily thro’ grace I’m going.

Chorus

Nearer the fount, Nearer the fount, Nearer I come today, Nearer the fount, Nearer the fount, To wash my sins away.

Verse 2

Calvary’s height no more shall be Only a gloomy mountain, While from its side there flows for me Ever a cleansing fountain.

Verse 3

Jesus will lead me ev’ry day Nearer the fount of blessing, If for His guiding hand I pray, All of my guilt confessing.

Verse 4

Jesus, who wept and bled and died, Make all my pathway clearer, Bring me at last o’er Jordan’s tide, Nearer to Thee, yes, nearer.