Text: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams |
Tune: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Media: | Audio recording |
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!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Nearer, my God to thee |
Title: | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Author: | Sarah F. Adams (1841) |
Meter: | 64.64.6664 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Strength in Triublation; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Funeral and Memorial Service; Biblical Narrative(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BETHANY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason (1856) |
Meter: | 64.64.6664 |
Key: | F Major |
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Audio recording: | Sample |