312 | Laudes Domini#313 | 314 |
Text: | Close to God |
Author: | William W. How |
Tune: | PROPIOR DEO |
Composer: | A. S. Sullivan |
1 Nearer, O God, to thee!
Hear thou our prayer;
Ev'n though a heavy cross
Fainting we bear,
Still all our prayer shall be
Nearer, O God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
2 If, where they led the Lord,
We too are borne,
Planting our steps in his,
Weary and worn;
There even let us be
Nearer, O God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
3 If thou the cup of pain
Givest to drink,
Let not the trembling lip
From the draught shrink;
So by our woes to be
Nearer, O God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
4 Though the great battle rage
Hotly around,
Still where our Captain fights
Let us be found;
Through toils and strife to be
Nearer, O God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Nearer, O God, to thee! |
Title: | Close to God |
Author: | William W. How |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Conflict With Sin; Backsliding; Christians: Conflicts(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PROPIOR DEO |
Composer: | A. S. Sullivan |
Meter: | 6s, 4s |
Key: | G Major or modal |