First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee,

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 to Thee !

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 to Thee !

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 to Thee !

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 to Thee !

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 to Thee !