[Verse 1]
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Eâen 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!
[Verse 2]
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams Iâd be, nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
[Verse 3]
There let the way appear, steps unto heavân;
All that thou sendest me, in mercy givân;
Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
[Verse 4]
Then with my waking thoughts, bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs, Bethel Iâll raise;
So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
[Verse 5]
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!
[Verse 6]
There in my Fatherâs home, safe and at rest,
There in my Saviorâs love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!