Nearer, My God, to Thee

The words

1. 1

   Stanza 1. Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee!E’en tho’ it be a crossThat raiseth me!Still all my song shall be,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

2. 2

   Stanza 2. Tho’ like a wanderer,Daylight all gone,Darkness be over me,My rest a stone;Yet in my dreams I’d beNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

3. 3

   Stanza 3. There let the way appear,Steps up to heav’n,All that thou sendest me,In mercy giv’n;Angels to beckon meNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

4. 4

   Stanza 4. Then, with my waking tho’tsBright with thy praise,Out of my stony griefsBethel I’ll raise;So by my woes to beNearer, my God, to thee,Nearer, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee.

5. 5

   Stanza 5. Or if, on joyful wingCleaving 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.

Text as printed in Christ in Song (Revised and Enlarged), 1908, no. 663. Public domain. www.praylock.com/hymnal/nearer-my-god-to-thee