Nearer My God To Thee

Song: Traditional, Public Domain.

Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to thee.
Even though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song would be,
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
Near, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, to Thee.

There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven,
All that Thou send’st to me,
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
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, to Thee.

Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, to Thee.