NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
by: Sarah F. Adams (1805-1848)
- EARER, my
God, to thee,
- Nearer to Thee!
- E'en tho' 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!
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- Tho' like a 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.
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- 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,
- Nearer, my God, to thee,
- Nearer to thee.
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- 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,
- Nearer, my God, to thee,
- Nearer to thee.
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- Or if on joyful wing
- Cleaving the sky,
- Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
- Upwards I fly,
- Still all my song shall be,
- Nearer, my God, to thee,
- Nearer, my God, to thee,
- Nearer to thee!
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