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.

Refrain
Nearer, 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 be nearer, my God, 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.

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