Hymns

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Words: Sarah Flower Adams · Music: Lowell Mason · 1841

Verse 1
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.

Verse 2
Though like the wanderer,
the sun gone down,
darkness be over me,
my rest a stone;
yet in my prayers I'll be
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee.

Verse 3
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.

Verse 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, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee.

Verse 5
Or if on joyful wing,
breaking the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot,
upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee.

Words: Sarah Flower Adams, 1841 | Music: Lowell Mason, 1856

Genesis 28; Psalm 34; Psalm 63; Psalm 73; Ephesians 2; James 1

God, Mercy of · Prayer · Suffering