Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee!
Even tho' it be a cross
That raiseth me Still all my song shall be Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer to thee!
Tho' like a wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness be over me My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I’d be Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer to thee
There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven;
All that thou sendest me In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer to thee
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 Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer to thee
Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot
Upwards I fly
Still all my song shall be Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer, my Love, to thee
Nearer to thee!