Nearer my God to thee

Text by Sarah Flower Adams. Most common arrangement by Lowell Mason

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer ti 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.

Tho' like a wanderer,

The sun gone down,

Darkness be over me,

My rest a stone,

Yet in my dreams I'll be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

There let the way appear,

Steps unto heaven;

All that Thou sendest me

In mercy be given,

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

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.

Or if, on joyful wing

Cleavihg the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot,

Upward I fly,

Still all my song shall be,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

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