The blind poet Fanny Crosby originally wrote "Jesus,
Keep Me Near the Cross" on November 20, 1850 at
Thirtieth Street Methodist Church in Cincinnati.
Businessman William Doane gave her a melody he had
written. Fanny, listening to it, felt it said, ?Jesus
keep me near the cross,? and she promptly wrote the
words. This represents an organ and choral arrangement
of thei work, with my introduction measures, and
prepared for the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church
(SVUMC).