Jesus, draw us clos­er to Thee,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace,
Crown our wor­ship with Thy pre­sence,
Bid us from all sor­row cease;
Grant us from our sins de­liv­er­ance,
From all un­be­lief set free;
Come, O come, Thou blest Re­deem­er,
That Thy glo­ry we may see.

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Closer to Thee, yes, clos­er to Thee,
May we ev­er still be cling­ing,
Closer to Thee.

We would see Thee, bless­èd Je­sus,
See Thee in Thy crim­son dress;
We would catch Thy smile, so gra­cious,
We would all our sins con­fess;
We would hear Thy words so ten­der,
Falling like the gra­cious dew;
We our hearts and minds sur­ren­der,
Take them, Lord, and make them new.

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Thou alone from sin canst save us,
Thou alone canst cleanse the soul;
Speak the word, O migh­ty Je­sus,
And we’re ev­ery whit made whole;
Now I see Thee, pre­cious Je­sus,
See Thee as my so­ver­eign king;
Joy, O joy, I’ve found sal­va­tion,
Heav’n and earth His prais­es sing.

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