Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Nearer my God to thee
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: Bethany
Hymn Number: 669
Page Number: 244, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee;
E'en tho' 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!
Tho' like the wanderer,
Daylight all gone,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, etc.
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 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,
Upward I fly;
Still all my song shall be--
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.