Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee,Nearer to Thee!E'en though it be a crossThat raiseth me:Still all my song shall beNearer, 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 beNearer, my God, to Thee,Nearer to Thee.
Then let the way appearSteps unto heaven;All that Thou sendest meIn mercy given:Angels to beckon meNearer, my God, to Thee,Nearer to Thee.
Then with my waking thoughtsBright with Thy praise,Out of my stony griefsBethel I'll raise;So by my woes to beNearer, 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.
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