(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;
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
(Verse 3)
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
All that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
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 I’ll 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!