NEARER MY GOD TO THEE

G-major

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.

Chorus

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

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.

3:

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.

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.

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.