Nearer, My God, to Thee

Hymn lyrics by Sarah F. Adams,
Music by Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr.

Verse 1

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.

Chorus

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

Verse 2

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.

Chorus

Verse 3

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.

Chorus

Verse 4

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.

Chorus

Verse 5

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.

Chorus