Author: Sarah F. Adams Hymnal: HHNO1908 #195 (1908) Tune Title: BETHANY First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee Lyrics: 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, 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, 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, my God, to Thee!
Nearer to Thee!
4 Then with my waking tho'ts,
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!
5 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! Topics: Funeral-Burial Languages: English
Nearer, My God, to Thee!