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 to Thee !
2. 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 to Thee !
3. 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 to Thee !
4. 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 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 to Thee !