54 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 would be

Refrain: Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.

2 Though like the wanderer, The sun goes down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I’d be [Refrain]

3 There let the way appear, Steps unto heav’n; All that Thou sendest me, In mercy giv’n; Angels to beckon me (refrain)

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 [Refrain]

5 Or if on joyful wing, Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon and stars forgot, Upwards I fly, Still all my song shall be [Refrain]