LYRICS
| Meter: | 9 7 9 7 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Allie Starbright
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| | Bible Refs: | Ps 143:8
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 839
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MUSIC
Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 839
| G
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| 1. Only to know that the path I tread
Is the path marked out for me;
That the way, though thorny,
rough, and steep,
Will lead me nearer to Thee!
Nearer to Thee! Nearer to Thee!
Blessed Redeemer, to Thee!
Only to know that the path I tread
Is bringing me nearer to Thee!
2. Only to know when the day is past,
And the evening shadows come,
That its trials and cares
have proved indeed
A “day’s march nearer home”!
Nearer my home! Nearer my home!
Nearer my beautiful home!
Only to know that
each fast-fleeting day
Is bringing me nearer home!
3. Only to know that the cross I see
Is the cross of Calvary,
On which the world’s Redeemer died,
To purchase life for me!
Purchased for me!
Purchased for me!
Life Thou hast purchased for me!
Only to know that Thy death
on the cross
Brings light and life to me!
4. Only to know His peace within,
My will to His resigned;
Oh, fill me with Thy fulness, Lord,
And make me wholly Thine!
Wholly Thine! Wholly Thine!
Now and for ever Thine!
Fill me with love and peace Divine,
And make me wholly Thine.
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