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,

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 heav’n;

All that Thou sendest me in mercy giv’n;

Angels to beckon me 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’ll fly.

Still all my songs shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee.