Nearer, My God, to Thee - The Tabernacle Choir

1. 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. 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. 3. There let the way appear,

   Steps unto heav’n;

   All that thou sendest me,

   In mercy giv’n;

   Angels to beckon me

   Nearer, my God, to thee,

   Nearer, my God, to thee,

   Nearer to thee!

4. 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

   Nearer, my God, to thee,

   Nearer, my God, to thee,

   Nearer to thee!

5. 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!

Text: Sarah F. Adams, 1805–1848

Music: Lowell Mason, 1792–1872