1 One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er:
I'm nearer home today
Than I've ever been before.

Chorus:
I'm nearer my home, nearer my home.
nearer my home today;
Yes! nearer my home in heav'n today,
Than ever I've been before.

2 Nearer my Father's house,
Where the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the jasper sea. [Chorus]

3 Nearer the the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving my cross,
Nearer wearing my crown. [Chorus]

4 But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night,
Is that dim and unknown stream
Which leads at last to light--[Chorus]

5 For even now my feet
May stand upon its brink;
I may be nearer my home,
Nearer now, than I think. [Chorus]