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 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.
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, en joyful wing Cleaving the sky,
Sun, Moon and Stars forgot, upward I fly,
Still all my sing shall be Nearer Thee - Nearer To Thee