Intro/Interludes: C F C G C F Jesus keep me near the cross, C G There a precious fountain C F Free to all a healing stream, C G C Flows from Calvary's mountain C F Near the cross, a trembling soul, C G Love and Mercy found me C F There the bright and morning star C G C Sheds its beams around me Chorus: C F In the cross, in the cross C G Be my glory ever C F Til my ransomed soul shall find C G C Rest beyond the river C F Near the cross! O Lamb of God, C G Bring its scenes before me C F Help me walk from day to day, C G C With its shadows o’er me Chorus: C F Near the cross I’ll watch and wait C G Hoping, trusting ever, C F Til I reach the golden strand, C G C Just beyond the river