Nearer, my God, to thee (John Bacchus Dykes)

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Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-08-26).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 19 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Version of tune as in Congregational Praise, 1950

General Information

Title: Nearer, my God, to thee
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Tune: Horbury
Lyricist: Sarah Flower Adams

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 64. 64. 664

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
Published:

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Original text and translations

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1. Nearer, my God, to Thee,
 Nearer to Thee!
 E'en though it be a cross
 That raiseth me,
 Still all my song would 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 my way appear
 Steps into heaven,
 All that Thou send'st to 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,
 Upwards I fly,
 Still all my song shall be,
 Nearer, my God, to Thee,
 Nearer to Thee.