Near the Cross - Fernando Ortega

Jesus, keep me near the cross

There’s a precious fountain

Free to all, a healing stream

Flows from Calvary’s mountain

In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

'Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river

Near the cross, a trembling soul

Love and mercy found me There the bright and morning star

Sheds its beams around me In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

'Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait

Hoping, trusting ever

'Till I reach the golden strand

Just beyond the river

In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

'Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river

'Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river