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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
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<poem>
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.</poem>


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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

Original text and translations may be found at Nearer, my God, to Thee.