525 | Common Praise#526 | 527 |
Text: | Nearer, my God, to thee |
Author: | Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 |
Tune: | HORBURY |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 |
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 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 to thee!
3 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 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 to thee!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Nearer, my God, to thee |
Author: | Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 |
Meter: | 64 64 66 4 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Proper 11: Year A |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HORBURY |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 |
Meter: | 64 64 66 4 |
Key: | E♭ Major |