Church Book ‎#536b

536b. Nearer, my God, to Thee

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 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 my 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!

5 Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee
• Author: Sarah Flower Adams (1841)
• Meter: 6, 4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Private Devotion; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE
• Meter: 6, 4.
• Key: E Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: John Hullah, 1867