Nearer, My God, To Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee,
E'en tho' it be a cross That raiseth me!
Still all my song shall be:

Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

Tho' like the wanderer, The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be

Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

There let the way appear, Steps unto heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me, In mercy giv'n;
Angels to beckon me

Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

Then, with my waking tho'ts Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be

Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

Or if, on joyful wing Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be:

Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
 
 

WORDS: Sarah F. Adams, 1841; based on Genesis 28:10-22
MUSIC:  Lowell Mason 1856
 

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