Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Sarah Flower Adams18051848
Modern HymnsNearer, My God, to Thee
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Nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song would be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
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.
Steps unto heaven;
All that thou send’st to me
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise;
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!