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// The hymn produced by this source code is believed to be  
// in the public domain in the United States of America.

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// Hymn Source: Gates Ajar
//		Hymns and Tunes for 
//		Use In Sunday Schools, Praise and Prayer Meetings, ertc.
//		By J. H. Kurzenknabe
//		J. H. Kurzenknabe & Sons, Publishers,
//		Harrisburg, PA.:
//		Copyright: 1885
//		Hymn No.: 21
//		
// Transcribed by: Ted Gatza, Jr. 02/29/2012
// HymnsToGod.org

// ******************************************

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   title bold (19) "" "Closer To Thee, Blessed Saviour" ""
   title (2)""
   title (11) "A \(flat) - 4 - MI" "\s(17)\f(TI)\:And\ I\ will\ cause\ him\ to\ draw\ near.\ -\ Jer.\ 30:21 \(space)" ""   
   title (13) "John H. Kurzenknabe" "" "W. P. Chambers, 1886"
 
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   title (11) "" "Public Domain" "HymnsToGod.org"

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	key=4&
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// ****************************************

music
	define VERSE lyrics between 1&2: @
	define DCVERSE lyrics below 2: @

	midi all: 0 "tempo=90";

//1
1: 4c+e; 8bd; c+e; 4bd; 8ac; gb-;
2: 4aa-; 8;; 4; 8;;

			VERSE "<1. >-1|Clos-er to Thee, bless-ed";
			VERSE "<2. >-1|Clos-er to Thee, bless-ed";
			VERSE "<3. >-1|Clos-er to Thee, bless-ed";
bar
//2
1 1: 2bd; 4f; 4r;
1 2: 2s; 4f; 4s;
2: 2fd; 4bd; 4r;

			VERSE "Sav-iour,";
			VERSE "Sav-iour,";
			VERSE "Sav-iour,";
bar
//3
1: 4ge; 8; ae; 4bg; 8c+a; d+g;
2 1: 4be; 8; c+e; 4e+; 8e+c;;
2 2: 4s; 8s;; e bm; d ebm; s;;

			VERSE "Take me and shel-ter me";
			VERSE "In Thy strong arms may I";
			VERSE "Lean-ing on Thy ten-der";
bar
//4
1: 2c+a tie; 4; r;
2: 2e+a- tie; 4; r;

			VERSE "there;";
			VERSE "hide;";
			VERSE "breast;";
bar
//4
1: 4c+en; 8be; 8c+e; 4be; 8af; ge;
2: 4c+c; 8gc;; 4; 8ac; bc;

			VERSE "Like as the faint droop-ing";
			VERSE "Keep me from sin and temp-";
			VERSE "Take me, Thou pre-cious Re-";
bar
//5
1: 4bf; 2fb-n; 4r;
2: 4ad; 2adn; 4r;

			VERSE "li-lies,";
			VERSE "ta-tion,";
			VERSE "deem-er,";
bar
//6
1: 4ec; 8ae; be; 4c+a; 8bg; be;
2: 4ae; 8c+e; d+e; 4e+e; 8d+e;;

			VERSE "I need Thy ten-der-est";
			VERSE "Ev-er with Thee to a-";
			VERSE "Here let my soul sweet-ly";
bar
//7
1: 2ae tie; 4; r;
2: 2c+a- tie; 4; r;

			VERSE "care.";
			VERSE "bide.";
			VERSE "rest.";
dblbar
//8
1: 4ge; 8; ae; 4bg; 8c+a; d+b;
2: 4e+e; 8d+e; c+e; 4be; 8ae; ge;
ital (13) above 1: 1 "Chorus";

			VERSE [c]"Clos-er to Thee, bless-ed";
bar
//9
1: 4c+a; 8af; fd; 4ae; r;
2 1: 4a; 8d+d; ad; 4c+a-; r;
2 2: 8a- bm; c ebm; 8s;; 4;;

			VERSE "Sav-iour, to Thee,";
bar
//10
1: 8c+e; 4ane; 8c+e; d+f; 4bf; 8bnf;
2: 8anf; 4c+f; 8fa-n; bb-; 4bd; 8a&dn;

			VERSE "Clos-er, still clos-er, still";
bar
//11
1: 8c+e; 4; 8bd; 2ac;
2: 8ae; 4; 8ge; 2aa-;
mussym (9) above 1: 1.5 "ferm";
mussym (9) below 2: 1.5 "uferm";

			VERSE "clos-er to Thee.";
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