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

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

There let the way appear

Steps unto heaven

All that Thou sendest me

In mercy given

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee

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 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 my God to Thee, nearer to Thee