Nearer, My God, to Thee

1Nearer, 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.

2Though like a wanderer,
Daylight all gone,
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.

3There let the way appear,
Steps up to 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.

4Then, 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.

5Or 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!