Nearer, My God, To Thee

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  • 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 my 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

    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 fly
    Still all my song shall be
    Nearer my God to Thee
    Nearer my God to Thee
    Nearer to Thee Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

Comments: 2

  • John from PennsylvaniaActually there is a good bit known about the origin of this hymn by Sarah Flowers Adams. Check some resources; one resource is https://bit.ly/49SWVJa
  • John Jeffrey Damman from Hemet, CaOne of my favorite hymns
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