{"id":9083,"date":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-473-nearer-my-god-to-thee-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","slug":"hymn-473-nearer-my-god-to-thee-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-473-nearer-my-god-to-thee-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 473 NEARER MY GOD, TO THEE Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 473 NEARER MY GOD, TO THEE Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!<br \/>\nE&#8217;en though it be a cross That raiseth me,<br \/>\nStill all my song shall be,<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee;<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nThough like the wanderer, The sun gone down,<br \/>\nDarkness be over me, My rest a stone;<br \/>\nYet in my dreams I&#8217;d be<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee;<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nThere let the way appear, Steps unto heaven;<br \/>\nAll that Thou sendest me, In mercy given;<br \/>\nAngels to beckon me<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee;<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nThen, with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise,<br \/>\nOut of my stony griefs Bethel I&#8217;ll raise;<br \/>\nSo by my woes to be<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee;<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nOr if, on joyful wing Cleaving the sky,<br \/>\nSun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly,<br \/>\nStill all my song shall be,<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee;<br \/>\nNearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 473 NEARER MY GOD, TO THEE Lyrics &nbsp; 1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}