NEAR TO THE HEART OF GOD - Cleland Boyd McAfee - There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God, a place where sin cannot molest, near to the heart of God.

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Near to the Heart of God.

(There is a place of quiet rest)

Cleland Boyd McAfee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnFNHWJ0tASharonMennoniteBibleSESamonte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4C70AcYkD0KodiakCreations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHCTRKXONcABestLovedHymns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cLqrf_JXEBob’sPraise&Worship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyUzQn-TcKsOrchestraRodSmith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWaqpv64pM0GregHowlettNathanielMorales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NI_JVeXu2UinstrumentalDanDibble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigKlUYzuYEinstrumentalEMediaForWorship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2efdGQ4nHYaccompanimentLucindaRamsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayb4ZzoponoorganChicoRiverJr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuhKNKeWf1AviolinJaimeJorgeLLBNTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8d4NkNI5zYlightinthedarkness7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCpqP3jnnP8MarthaReedGarvinTuberiffic08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHGYZKGPxvEaccompanimentthisisredz 

1 There is a place of quiet rest,
near to the heart of God,
a place where sin cannot molest,
near to the heart of God.

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Refrain:
O Jesus, blest Redeemer,
sent from the heart of God,
hold us, who wait before thee,
near to the heart of God.

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2 There is a place of comfort sweet,
near to the heart of God,
a place where we our Savior meet,
near to the heart of God. 

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[Refrain]

3 There is a place of full release,
near to the heart of God,
a place where all is joy and peace,
near to the heart of God. 

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Cleland Boyd McAfee (September 25, 1866 – February 4, 1944) was an American theologian, Presbyterian minister and hymn writer, best known for penning the gospel hymn, "Near to the Heart of God," and its tune called "McAfee". He wrote the song after the concurrent deaths of two of his young nieces, caused by diphtheria.

McAfee was born in Ashley Missouri, in 1866, as one of five children. His father, John A. McAfee, was the founder of Park College in Parkville, Missouri. The younger McAfee graduated from Park College in 1884, and later graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York. McAfee went on to serve as a professor of philosophy, choir director, pastor and dean of Park College until 1901, when he left to minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. McAfee moved from First Presbyterian in 1904, to pastor the Lafayette Avenue Church of Brooklyn, in Brooklyn, New York. McAfee also taught systematic theology at McCormick Theological Seminary, from 1912 to 1930.

In 1912, McAfee authored the treatise, "The Greatest English Classic: A Study Of The King James Version Of The Bible." He was moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in the United States, and led the Pres­by­ter­i­an Board of Foreign Mis­sions from 1930 to 1936. He died in 1944.

On August 10, 1892, McAfee married Harriet "Hattie" Lawson Brown; they had three children, Ruth Myrtle, Katharine Agnes, and Mildred Helen. Mildred Helen McAfee Horton went on to become the first director of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy...