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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 528 · Words: Sarah F. Adams · Tune: BETHANY
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841, this hymn is inspired by Jacob's dream at Bethel (Genesis 28) and expresses a longing to draw ever closer to God even through suffering and hardship. It became one of the most beloved hymns in Christian tradition and is famously associated with the sinking of the Titanic.
Verse 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!
Verse 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!
Verse 3
There let the 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!
Verse 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!
Verse 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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