The Emmanuel Quartet: Music
Nearer My God to Thee
(Public Domain)
Words by Sarah F. Adams, 1841; Music by Lowell Mason, 1856
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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
(Refrain)
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
(Repeat Refrain)
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
(Repeat Refrain)
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
(Repeat Refrain)