Text: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams |
Tune: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
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 heav'n;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy giv'n;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
4 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
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,
Upward 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 |
Title: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams |
Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
Key: | F Major |