Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Nearer my God to Thee
Topic: Adoration of God
Writer: <no first name given> Adams
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: Bethany
Hymn Number: 689
Page Number: 256, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNEARER, 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 to Thee.
Though like the wanderer,
Day-light all gone,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
There let the way appear
Steps unto heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy giv'n;
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.