All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 584 NEARER, MY GOD Lyrics

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 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 grief’s 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!