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. |
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Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
Nearer to Thee! |
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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. |
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There let the way appear, steps unto Heav’n; |
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given; |
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee. |
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Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, |
Out of my stony griefs |
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee. |
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Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky, |
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly, |
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. |
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There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest, |
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest; |
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee. |
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