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Mon Dieu, Plus Près De Toi

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1 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi, plus près de toi!
C’est le cri de ma foi plus près de toi!
Dans les jours où l’épreuve déborde comme un fleuve,
Tiens-moi plus près de toi, plus près de toi!

2 Plus près de toi, Seigneur plus près de toi!
Tiens-moi dans ma douleur tout près de toi!
Alors que la souffrance fait son oeuvre en silence,
Toujours plus près de toi, Seigneur, tiens-moi!

3 Plus près de toi, toujours, plus près de toi!
Donne-moi ton secours, soutiens ma foi!
Que Satan se déchaine, ton amour me ramène
Toujours plus près de toi, plus près de toi!

4 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi, dans le désert
J’ai vu plus près de toi ton ciel ouvert
Pèlerin, bon courage! ton chant brave l’orage
Mon Dieu plus près de toi, plus près de toi!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14052

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: Charles Châtelanat

Chatelanat Charles, born April 10, 1833 in Yverdon-les-Bains and died November 24, 1907 at Préfargier (in the canton of Neuchâtel), is a pastor, writer, poet and zofinguien Vaud. Charles Chatelanat studied theology at the Free School of Lausanne. Author of French words of Swiss Psalm, Charles Chatelanat is ordained pastor in 1858 in the Free Church. He was successively appointed interim pastor at Savigny and Baumles then pastor Echallens (1862-1863), Eagle (1872-1880) and Corsier (1880-1885). President of the company Belles-Lettres in 1849 and 1850, Charles Chatelanat also Zofingien. --fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chatelanat Go to person page >

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First Line: Mon Dieu, plus près de toi, plus près de toi!
Title: Mon Dieu, Plus Près De Toi
English Title: Nearer, my God, to thee
Author: Sarah Flower Adams
Translator: Charles Châtelanat
Meter: 10.10.12.10
Language: French
Copyright: Public Domain

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