357 – Near My God to Thee

Nearer, 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!

2.

Tho 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 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, 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!

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