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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!
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!
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, my God, to thee, nearer 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; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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!
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! |
Sarah F. Adams, 1848 | Lowell Mason, 1872 |