NEARER, MY GOD TO THEE<br /><br />LYRICS:<br />Nearer, My God, to Thee<br />1. Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />E’en though it be a cross<br /><br />That raiseth me.<br /><br />Still all my song shall be<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />2. Though like the wanderer,<br /><br />The sun gone down,<br /><br />Darkness be over me,<br /><br />My rest a stone,<br /><br />Yet in my dreams I’d be<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />3. There let the way appear,<br /><br />Steps unto heav’n;<br /><br />All that thou sendest me,<br /><br />In mercy giv’n;<br /><br />Angels to beckon me<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />4. Then with my waking thoughts<br /><br />Bright with thy praise,<br /><br />Out of my stony griefs<br /><br />Bethel I’ll raise;<br /><br />So by my woes to be<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />5. Or if, on joyful wing<br /><br />Cleaving the sky,<br /><br />Sun, moon, and stars forgot,<br /><br />Upward I fly,<br /><br />Still all my song shall be<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer, my God, to thee,<br /><br />Nearer to thee!<br /><br />Text: Sarah F. Adams, 1805–1848<br /><br />Music: Lowell Mason, 1792–1872
