Mais Perto Quero Estar

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1 Mais perto quero estar, meu Deus, de Ti,
Inda que seja a dor que me una a Ti!
Sempre hei de suplicar:
"Mais perto quero estar, meu Deus, de Ti!"

2 Marchando, triste, aqui na solidão,
Paz e descanso a mim Teus braços dão;
De noite vou orar:
"Mais perto quero estar, meu Deus, de Ti!"

3 Minha alma vai cantar a Ti, Senhor!
Enquanto meditar no Teu amor,
Eu sempre hei de rogar:
"Mais perto quero estar, meu Deus de Ti".

Source: Hinos e Cânticos: com música #236

Author: Sarah Flower Adams

Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of thes… Go to person page >

Translator: João Gomes da Rocha

Born in Rio de Janeiro on March 14, 1861, the son of Brazilian parents, he was later adopted by Dr. Robert Reid Kalley and Sarah Poulton, English missionaries to Brazil who founded Igreja Evangélical Fluminense. The Kalley's worked on Salmos e Hinos, the first Brazilian evangelical hymnal. Rocha helped to complete the hymnal. [Source?] Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Mais perto quero estar, meu Deus, de ti.
Title: Mais Perto Quero Estar
English Title: Nearer, My God, to Thee
Author: Sarah Flower Adams (1840)
Translator: João Gomes da Rocha (1888)
Meter: 10.10.6.6.10
Language: Portuguese
Publication Date: 1991
Copyright: Copyright words 1975 Igreja Evangélica Fluminense. Used by permission.

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