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!

        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!

        There let the way appear
        Steps unto Heaven,
        All that Thou send'st me
        In mercy given;
        Angels to beckon me
        Nearer, my God, to Thee,
        Nearer to Thee!

        Than, 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!

            Sarah Flower Adams