I Would Be Closer to Thee

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I would be closer, my Savior

Author: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Tune: [I would be closer, my Savior]
Published in 3 hymnals

Printable scores: Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

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1 I would be closer, my Savior,
Yes, closer to Thee each day,
Filled with Thy Spirit and power,
And walking the holy way.

Refrain:
I would be closer to Thee,
I would be closer to Thee;
Closer each day, my heart doth say,
Closer, my Lord, to Thee.

2 I would be closer for shelter,
Just leaning upon Thy breast,
Trusting my all on the altar,
Thou givest me sweeter rest. [Refrain]

3 I would be closer for guidance,
Oh, let me not go astray,
Feeling the blessed assurance
That brightens my hope each day. [Refrain]

4 Closer to Jesus my helper,
His merits I humbly plead,
Drawing from heaven my treasure,
The grace I shall daily need. [Refrain]

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Author: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren, 1867-1951 Born: February 20, 1867, Lewiston, New York. Died: April 21, 1951, Springfield, Ohio. Buried: Vale Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. Warren was converted in 1884 at a revival near Bangor, Michigan. Two years later he joined Daniel Sidney Warner and his evangelistic singing company as a bass singer. The group was part of the Church of God Reformation Movement in Anderson, Indiana. Warren Is credited with writing over 7000 songs. His wife was Nannie Kigar, who belonged to the singing group that traveled the countryside in the late 1800’s. Warren was a Church of God minister as well as a song writer,… Go to person page >

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