← Nearer, my God, to thee Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 655

Nearer, my God, to thee

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Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee!E'en though it be a crossThat raiseth me!Still all my song shall be,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

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Though like a wanderer,Daylight all gone,Darkness be over me,My rest a stone;Yet in my dreams I'd beNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

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There let the way appear,Steps up to heaven;All that thou sendest me,In mercy given;Angels to beckon meNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

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Then, with my waking thoughtsBright with thy praise,Out of my stony griefsBethel I'll raise;So by my woes to beNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

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Or if, on joyful wingCleaving 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!