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.