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==Text and translations==
==Text and translations==
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{{Vs|1}} Nearer, my God, to Thee,
1. Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee!
  Nearer to Thee!
  E'en though it be a cross
  E'en though it be a cross
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  Nearer to Thee.
  Nearer to Thee.


2. Though, like the wanderer,
{{Vs|2}} Though, like the wanderer,
  The sun gone down,
  The sun gone down,
  Darkness be over me,
  Darkness be over me,
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  Yet in my dreams I'd be
  Yet in my dreams I'd be
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee.  
  Nearer to Thee.
 
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3. There let my way appear
{{Vs|3}} There let my way appear
  Steps into heaven,
  Steps into heaven,
  All that Thou send'st to me
  All that Thou send'st to me
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  Angels to beckon me
  Angels to beckon me
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee.}}
  Nearer to Thee.
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{{Vs|4}} Then, with my waking thoughts
4. Then, with my waking thoughts
  Bright with Thy praise,
  Bright with Thy praise,
  Out of my stony griefs
  Out of my stony griefs
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  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee.
  Nearer to Thee.
 
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5. Or if on joyful wing
{{Vs|5}} Or if on joyful wing
  Cleaving the sky,
  Cleaving the sky,
  Sun, moon and stars forgot,
  Sun, moon and stars forgot,
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  Still all my song shall be,
  Still all my song shall be,
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
  Nearer to Thee.}}
  Nearer to Thee.
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 21 November 2020

General information

Lyricist Sarah Flower Adams. Published in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841.

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1  Nearer, my God, to Thee,
 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.

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 my way appear
 Steps into heaven,
 All that Thou send'st to 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,
 Upwards I fly,
 Still all my song shall be,
 Nearer, my God, to Thee,
 Nearer to Thee.


 

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