Nearer My God to Thee

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 to Thee!

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!

There let the way appear

Steps unto Heaven,

All that Thou send'st me

In mercy given;

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

Than, 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!

Sarah Flower Adams