Nearer, My God, To Thee

1. Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross  That raiseth me.
Still all my song shall be  Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!

2. Though like the wanderer,The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I’d be   Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,  Nearer to thee!

3. There let the way appear, Steps unto heav’n;
All that thou sendest me, In mercy giv’n;
Angels to beckon me  Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!

4. Then with my waking thoughts  Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs  Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be  Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,  Nearer to thee!

5. Or if, on joyful wing, Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be  Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!

6. There in my Father’s home. Safe and at rest,
There in my Savior’s live, Perfectly blest,
Age after age to be Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee:

Nearer, Nearer, Nearer, Nearer, Nearer
Nearer, my God, to thee.

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Text:
Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1872
Music:
Lowell Mason, 1792-1872