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Published in "The Hymnary", Novello, 1872. The tune is named "Aspiration" in some hymn books.
| 1 | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | 2 | Though, like the wanderer, | |||
| Nearer to Thee; | The sun gone down, | |||||
| Een though it be a cross | Darkness comes over me, | |||||
| That raiseth me; | My rest a stone; | |||||
| Still all my song shall be — | Yet in my dreams I'd be | |||||
| Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | |||||
| Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | |||||
| 3 | There let my
way appear
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4 | Then, with my waking thoughts | |||
| Steps into heavn, |
Bright with Thy praise | |||||
| All
that Thou sendest me |
Out of my stony griefs | |||||
| In mercy given, |
Bethel I'll raise; | |||||
| Angels
to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
So by my
woes to be Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
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| Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | |||||
| 5 | Or if on joyful wing | |
| Cleaving the sky, | ||
| Sun, moon and stars forgot, | ||
| Upwards I fly, | ||
| Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
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| Nearer to Thee. Amen. | ||
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