Jesus, keep me near the cross (Charles H. Giffen)

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• (Posted 2009-03-23)  CPDL #19092:     

Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2009-03-23).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 134 kB   Copyright: CPDL May be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.

Edition notes: This edition includes an optional piano accompaniment.

• (Posted 2009-03-12)  CPDL #19030:   

Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2009-03-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 95 kB   Copyright: CPDL May be freely copied, distributed, performed, or recorded. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.

Edition notes: Revised (2009-03-19) uploaded 2009-03-20, correcting tenor parts in measures 2 & 6. A cappella or keyboard doubling of voice parts.

General Information

Title: Jesus, keep me near the cross
Composer: Charles H. Giffen
Lyricist: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 76. 76. 66. 76

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or piano

First published: 2009
Description: Original harmonization of Tune: Near the Cross, 76. 76. 66. 76, by Willam H. Doane (1832-1915). Words by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), 1869. This hymn may also be sung by a male choir, voiced ATBarB, with the top part being sung down an octave by the Baritones and the alto part sung by the high tenors (male altos/countertenors). While originally conceived as an a cappella setting, a version (with the same harmonization) with piano accompaniment was subsequently composed in which the piano right hand is intended to evoke the "precious fountain … healing stream" - the "rest behond the river."

Original text and translations

English text

Fanny J. Crosby
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 raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.

Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.

Refrain

Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me.

Refrain

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.

Refrain