Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee
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 heav'n;
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'll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee.
# Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee! #
There in my Father's home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to thee.
# Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee! #