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Nearer, My God, to Thee

Words and music by Sarah Adams & Lowell Mason · 1841

Key of G · 76 BPM · 6/4 · Trust,Comfort · Genesis 28:12

Verse 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!

Verse 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.
Then evermore to be
Nearer to Thee!

Verse 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

Verse 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

Verse 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,

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