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Nearer, My God, to Thee
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 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. 4 Then, with my waking tho'ts 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.
WORDS: Sarah F. Adams
MUSIC: Lowell Mason
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22