Nearer, my God, to Thee
General information
Lyricist Sarah Flower Adams. Published in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841.
Settings by composers
- Darrell Crowther SATB
- John Bacchus Dykes SATB
- Lowell Mason SATB
- Arthur Sullivan SATB
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley SATB
Text and translations
English text
1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
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4 Then, 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.
5 Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
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