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G. G. Lloyd

J. W. Bischoff

Alvin (Bud) Herman Manz in 2024

Come near me, O my Saviour;
Thy tenderness reveal;  
Oh, 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 toss'd on trouble's sea,
The storm cannot outride,
Unless Thy word of power
Arrest the surging wave;
No voice but Thine its rage can quell
No arm but Thine can save.

Come near me, blessed 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 my way,
Without Thy wise and guiding hand
More easily I stray.

Be near me, mighty Saviour,
When comes the latest strife;  
For Thou hast through death's shadows pass'd,
And op'ed the gates of life;
And when among the ransom'd
I stand with crown and palm,
To Thee, Divine, unfailing Friend,
I'll raise eternal psalm.