Nearer, My God, to Thee

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1. Nea - rer, my God, to thee, nea - rer to thee!
2. Though like the wan - de - rer, the sun gone down,
3. There let the way ap - pear, steps un - to heaven;
4. Then, with my wa - king thoughts bright with thy praise,

5. Or if, on joy - ful wing cleav - ing the sky,

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E'en though it be a cross that rais - eth me,
dark - ness be o - ver me, my rest a stone;
all that thou send - est me, in mer - cy given;
out of my sto - ny griefs Be - thel I'll raise;

sun, moon, and stars for - got, up - ward I fly,


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still all my song shall be, nea - rer, my God, to thee;
yet in my dreams I'd be nea - rer, my God, to thee;
an - gels to beck - on me nea - rer, my God, to thee;

so by my woes to be nea - rer, my God, to thee;

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nea - rer, my God, to thee, nea - rer to thee!


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Text: Sarah F. Adams, 1841 BETHANY
www.hymnary.org/text/nearer_my_god_to_thee_nearer_to_thee_een
Tune: Lowell Mason, 1856
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