Text:Nearer, My God, to Thee
Author:Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848
Tune:BETHANY
Composer:Lowell Mason, 1792-1872

117. 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, my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

3 There let my way appear,
Steps unto heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy giv'n;
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!

Text Information
First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee
Title: Nearer, My God, to Thee
Author: Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848
Meter: 6 4 6 4 66 6 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 2018
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: The Assembly at Worship: Grace, Mercy, Assurance; Petition; Supplication (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BETHANY
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
Meter: 6 4 6 4 66 6 4
Key: F Major or modal



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