Hallowed Hymns, New and Old ‎#195

195. 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, 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 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

• First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee
• Title: Nearer, My God, to Thee!
• Author: Sarah F. Adams
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Funeral-Burial
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: BETHANY
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: 6s, 4s.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Public Domain.