Nearer, My God, to Thee
- Authors
- Sarah Flower Adams
- Year
- 1841
- Example Text
- Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Even though it be a cross...
- Popularity
- 72%
-
- Scripture References
-
Show
- Genesis 28:10-22; 35:1-15
- 1 Samuel 14:36
- Psalm 34:1; 34:3-4; 34:7-9; 34:18; 34:22; 42:2; 63:5-8; 73:24-28; 119:151
- Proverbs 4:18
- Isaiah 55:6; 57:19
- Matthew 10:24-39; 16:24-26
- Mark 8:34
- Luke 9:18-27
- Acts 17:27
- Romans 13:8-14
- Ephesians 2:13; 6:6
- Hebrews 1:14; 10:22
- James 1:2-4; 4:1-10
- Lyrics
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!
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, 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, 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, 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, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
- More Information
- hymnary.org