Friday, December 4, 2009

NEARER MY HOME

NEARER MY HOME

One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er;
I am nearer to my home today , today
Than e’er I’ve been before.

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Nearer my home,
Nearer my home,
Nearer my home today, today,
Than e'er I've been before.

Nearer my Father’s house,
Where many mansions be;
Nearer the throne of grace today,
Nearer the crystal sea.

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Nearer the bound of life,
Where burdens are laid down;
Nearer leaving the cross today,
Nearer gaining the crown.

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Be nearer when my feet
Are slipping o'er the brink;
For it am nearer home today,
Nearer now than I think.

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WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS

WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my Lord!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the world,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.