{"id":9827,"date":"2026-01-13T00:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:30:33","slug":"jesus-keep-me-near-the-cross-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/jesus-keep-me-near-the-cross-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UMH 301<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6948-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Jesus, keep me near the cross, There a precious fountain; Free to all, a healing stream, Flows from Calv&#8217;ry&#8217;s mountain. <strong>Refrain:<br>In the cross, in the cross. Be my glory ever,<br>Till my ransomed soul shall find rest beyond the river.<\/strong><br>2 Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me;<br>There the Bright and Morning Star shed His beams around me. [<strong>Refrain<\/strong>]<br>3 Near the cross! O lamb of God, bring its scenes before me;<br>Help me walk from day to day with its shadow o&#8217;er me. [<strong>Refrain<\/strong>]<br>4 Near the cross! I&#8217;ll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever;<br>Till I reach the golden strand, just beyond the river. [<strong>Refrain<\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JesusKeepMeNearTheCross_Soprano-Alto-Parts.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross &#8211; Soprano-Alto Parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JesusKeepMeNearTheCross.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross &#8211; NRUMC Praise Team 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMH 301 1 Jesus, keep me near the cross, There a precious fountain; Free to all, a healing stream, Flows from Calv&#8217;ry&#8217;s mountain. Refrain:In the cross, in the cross. Be my glory ever,Till my ransomed soul shall find rest beyond the river.2 Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me;There the Bright &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/jesus-keep-me-near-the-cross-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choir-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7music7.com\/choir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}