Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. | | | | Modern Hymns | | | | Nearer, My God, to Thee | | | | Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848) | | | | | | NEARER, my God, to thee, | | | Nearer to thee! | | | E’en though it be a cross | | | That raiseth me, | | | Still all my song would be, | 5 | | Nearer, my God, to thee, | | | Nearer to thee! | | | | | Though like the wanderer, | | | The sun gone down, | | | Darkness be over me, | 10 | | My rest a stone, | | | Yet in my dreams I’d be | | | Nearer, my God, to thee, | | | Nearer to thee. | | | | | There let the way appear | 15 | | Steps unto heaven; | | | All that thou send’st to me | | | In mercy given; | | | Angels to beckon me | | | Nearer, my God, to thee, | 20 | | Nearer to thee. | | | | | Then, with my waking thoughts | | | Bright with thy praise, | | | Out of my stony griefs | | | Bethel I’ll raise; | 25 | | So by my woes to be | | | Nearer, my God, to thee, | | | Nearer to thee. | | | | | Or if on joyful wing | | | Cleaving the sky, | 30 | | Sun, moon, and stars forgot, | | | Upwards I fly, | | | Still all my song shall be, | | | Nearer, my God, to thee, | | | Nearer to thee! | 35 | | | |
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