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
Chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
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
There let the way appear,
steps unto Heav’n;
All that Thou sendest me,
in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee
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
Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
upward I’ll fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee