Closer To Thee

Words:
Unknown
Music:
Austin Taylor

Sheet music

  1. 1Closer to Thee, near to Thy side,Closer, dear Lord,I would abide;Hold me in Thy embrace,'Neath ev'ry smile of grace;Grant me, Thy child, a placeCloser to Thee.
  2. 2Closer to Thee, near to Thy breast,Closer to Thee;Lord, let me rest;Guide me when I would stray,Keep me from sin each day,Draw me, dear Lord, I pray,Closer to Thee.
  3. 3Closer to Thee, happy and free,Grant me, O Lord, ever to be;Hear me in ev'ry cry,Stand near when I must die;Then take me home on high,Closer to Thee.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1911, the words are in 38 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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