Nearer My God to Thee 

Hymn 261 «The Hymnal» (Presbyterian Church, Copyright 1933, 26th printing 1955)  Author : Sarah F. Adams   Composer Lowell Mason

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!

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!

Then 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!

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, my God, to Thee

Nearer to Thee!

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!