Laudes Domini ‎#680

680. Genesis 28:10-22

1 Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Ev'n though it be a cross
That raiseth me!
Still all my song shall be,
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 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 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 to thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee
• Title: Genesis 28:10-22
• Refrain First Line: Nearer to thee!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Backsliding; Christians: Conflicts; Declension, Spiritual; Longing: For God; Nearness: To God; Wandering
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Songs of Response

Tune Information

• Name: BETHANY
• Meter: 6s, 4s
• Key: G Major or modal