The Hymnal ‎#261

261. 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 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,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee
• Author: Sarah F. Adams (1841)
• Meter: 6. 4. 6. 4. 6. 6. 6. 4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life in Christ: Aspiration; God: Presence, His Abiding

Tune Information

• Name: BETHANY
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1856)
• Meter: 6. 4. 6. 4. 6. 6. 6. 4.
• Key: G Major