"I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)"

The famous hymn composer Fannie Crosby wrote “I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer).” Ms. Crosby got the idea for “I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer) because she had passed one afternoon at the home of Mr. W. H. Doane, in Cincinnati where the two had been talking about how near God was to us when the evening shadows closed in. By the end of the night, she had written the words to this song.

Mr. W. H. Doane, a gifted musician and composer in his own right, set Ms. Crosby’s “I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer) to music. Even though he was the president of a woodworking factory called A. J. Fay, he managed to write over 2,000 tunes to hymns.

“I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)”

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

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Draw me nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

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O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

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There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

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Perhaps the hymn “I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)” is so well used even today in American Gospel hymnal because it was written by these two great Gospel composers, Fannie Crosby and William H. Doane.

“I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)”

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