Nearer My God to Thee

In articulo mortis Caelitus mihi vires Nearer my God to Thee Nearer to Thee E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me There let the way appear Steps unto heaven All that Thou sendest me In mercy given 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 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 fly Excelsior! Nearer my God to Thee Steps unto heaven All that Thou sendest me In mercy given