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*[[Nearer, my God, to thee (Lowell Mason)|Lowell Mason]] SATB
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*[[Nearer, my God, to Thee (Arthur Sullivan)| Arthur Sullivan]] SATB
*[[Communion (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)|Samuel Sebastian Wesley]] SATB
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Revision as of 12:21, 22 November 2016

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Lyricist Sarah Flower Adams

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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.

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