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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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