Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#510

510. 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, 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 the 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,
Upward 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: No. 71
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity

Tune Information

• Name: BETHANY
• Composer: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1856)
• Meter: No. 71
• Key: G Major