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Hymn

Nearer, My God, to Thee

BETHANY · 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 · words Sarah F. Adams · music Lowell Mason

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Nearer, My God, to Thee God, thee! thee! down, Thee! me, er er sun er gone O to to to to er, er, like er, O be my the my Near 1. 5. But 4. Near 3. Near 2. Though still, ter, thee, er, Thee, Bring Near Near the near near Com Lord, wan God, to er for to der trod. me! me! stone. me, ing rest rais lest have with for a eth gels by with to ness though the my the be it Not Who Who Dark E'en steeps Lord come, me, cross be An Dwel Dy my that vis lov cross o ioned ing didst a ver sus, me me er, er, I each in my my Je Help Hold near near wait day ser God God, in all then Here thy my my my Grant where me Streng Yet Still thy low I ling I'd shall feet, see, ship! be be, cross wil dreams song fel Thee! Thee! Thee! Thee! Thee! to to to to Near Near Near er er er to er er Then Near Near Near Near thee, Near keep, sweet, Thee. Thee. for to vice to to to to to to to Near er, be Thee, Thee, Thee, Thee, er my my my my ev er, er, er, more God, God, God, God, 6. There in my Father's home, safe and at rest, There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest; Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! Sarah F. Adams, 1841 BETHANY 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Lowell Mason, 1856

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.Nearer, my Lord, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Who to the cross didst come,
Dying for me!
Strengthen my willing feet,
Hold me in service sweet,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

4.Nearer, O Comforter,
Nearer to thee!
Who with my loving Lord
Dwellest with me!
Grant me thy fellowship!
Help me each day to keep,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

5.But to be nearer still,
Bring me, O God,
Not by the visioned steeps
Angels have trod.
Here where thy cross I see,
Jesus, I wait for thee,
Then evermore to be
Nearer to Thee!

6.There in my Father's home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ST. EDMUND (SULLIVAN).

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