Text:Genesis 28:10-22
Author:Mrs. S. F. Adams
Tune:BETHANY
Composer:Lowell Mason

327. Genesis 28:10-22

1 Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Ev'n 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 a 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!

Text Information
First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee
Title: Genesis 28:10-22
Author: Mrs. S. F. Adams
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ;
Topic: Absence from God; Afflictions; Backsliding (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BETHANY
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 6s, 4s
Key: G Major or modal



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