Nearer, My God, to Thee

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!