"Nearer, My God to Thee"
                         by Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848
                                  Text From:
                       THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
               (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.376



	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.

	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. 
	
	3. There let my 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. 
	
	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. 
	
	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. 

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        Notes:
        Hymn #533 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Gen. 28:10-19
        Author: Sarah F. Adams, 1841
        Composer: Lowell Mason, 1856
        Tune: "Bethany"
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