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[Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. J. H. Stockton Incipit: 51332 12171 13554 Used With Text: Closer to Thee

Author: L. R. Clark Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee Refrain First Line: Closer, closer, closer to thee Used With Tune: [Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee]

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Closer To Thee

Author: L. R. Clark Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9390 First Line: Closer, still closer, my Savior, to Thee Refrain First Line: Closer to Thee, still closer to Thee Lyrics: 1 Closer, still closer, my Savior, to Thee, Closer to Jesus now fain would I be; Round me His arm, on His bosom my head; Near the dear side which on Calvary bled. Refrain: Closer to Thee, still closer to Thee, Dear Savior, I want to be closer to Thee. 2 Closer by day, tho’ my sky be all bright; Closer, still closer when falleth the night; Earth hath no brightness away from His face; Time has no moment I need not His grace. [Refrain] 3 When to the Jordan of death I descend, Danger I’ll fear not if Christ be my friend; Breasting the billows, my death song shall be, Closer, still closer, my Savior to Thee. [Refrain] 4 Closer to Jesus, I’m nearer to God; Nearer the home of the Christian’s abode; Nearer the great and the glorious Three, Nearer to Heaven when closer to Thee. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Closer, still closer, my Savior, to Thee]

Closer to Thee

Author: L. R. Clark Hymnal: The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #118 (1902) First Line: Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee Refrain First Line: Closer, closer, closer to thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee]

Closer to Thee

Author: L. R. Clark Hymnal: Gospel Song-Gems No.1 #177 (1901) First Line: Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee Refrain First Line: Closer, closer, closer to thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Closer, still closer, my Saviour, to thee]

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John H. Stockton

1813 - 1877 Person Name: John Hart Stockton Composer of "[Closer, still closer, my Savior, to Thee]" in The Cyber Hymnal Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875. Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911 =============== Stockton, John Hart, b. April 19, 1813, and d. March 25, 1877, was the author of "Come, every soul by sin oppressed" (Invitation), in I.D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and of "The Cross, the Cross, the blood¬stained Cross" (Good Friday) in the same collection. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =============== Stockton, John Hart. (New Hope, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1813--March 25, 1877). Born of Presbyterian parents, he was converted at a Methodist camp meeting in 1838, being received into full membership in the New Jersey Conference in 1857. Because of ill health he twice took the "supernumerary relations." He withdrew from actual pastoral work in 1874 and engaged in compiling and publishing gospel hymn books, issuing Salvation Melodies that year and Precious Songs in 1875, writing both words and music for a number of the songs. He died suddenly after attending a Sunday morning service at Arch Street Church, Philadelphia. Our Hymnody, McCutchan, has, perhaps, the fullest account of him readily available. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives