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 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 to
Thee.
3. There let my way appear steps unto
heaven,
All that Thou sendest me in mercy
given;
Angels to beckon me
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 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 to
Thee!