Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #87 (1993) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 First Line: Nearer, my God to thee Lyrics: 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! Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs; Death and Life; God, Goddess, and Spirit; The Living Tradition; Memorials and Funerals; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: BETHANY
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