Text: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams |
Author (v. 6): | Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. |
Tune: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Media: | MIDI file |
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.
Refrain:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
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.
2 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. [Refrain]
3 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. [Refrain]
4 Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. [Refrain]
5 There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be nearer, my God, to Thee. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! |
Title: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams (1841) |
Author (v. 6): | Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. |
Refrain First Line: | Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! |
Meter: | 10.10.12.10 |
Scripture: | |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Nearer_My_God_to_Thee); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/n/m/nmgtthee.htm); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (55) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason (1856) |
Meter: | 10.10.12.10 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Nearer_My_God_to_Thee); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/n/m/nmgtthee.htm); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (55) |
Media | |
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MIDI file: | Nearer_My_God_to_Thee.mid (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Nearer_My_God_to_Thee) |