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!
       
      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.
       
      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.
       
      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.
       
      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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