Text: | Nearer, my God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams |
Tune: | [Nearer, my God, to Thee] |
Composer: | L. Mason, 1792—1872 |
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 heaven;
All that Thou sendest me
In mercy given:
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,
Upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Nearer, my God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams (1841) |
Meter: | 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Cross and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Nearer, my God, to Thee] |
Composer: | L. Mason, 1792—1872 |
Meter: | 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4. |
Key: | G Major |