473- Nearer My God, to Thee
Christian Life: Hope and Comfort
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,
- Nearer, my God, to Thee,
- Nearer to Thee.
2
- Though like a wanderer,
- Daylight all gone,
- 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.
3
- There let the way appear,
- Steps up to 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.
4
- Then, with my waking thoughts
- Bright with Thy praise,
- Out of my stony griefs
- Bethel I raise;
- So by my woes to be
- Nearer, my God, to Thee,
- Nearer, my God, to Thee,
- Nearer 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,
- Nearer, my God, to Thee,
- Nearer to Thee.