Nearer, My God, to Thee
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- Lyrics: Sarah F. Adams, 1841 (public domain)
- Music: 'Bethany' by Lowell Mason, 1856 (public domain)
- Arrangement by OpenPsalm, 2026 and released under the CC-BY 4.0 license
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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;
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!
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;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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!
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;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
all that thou sendest me, in mercy giv'n;
angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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!
Verse 5
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!
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!