Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#473

473. Near My God, to Thee

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Text Information

• First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
• Title: Near My God, to Thee
• Author: Sarah F. Adams (1805-4848) (1841)
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Genesis 28:10-19
• Topic: Christan Life: Hope and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: BETHANY
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (1856)
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Incipit: 32116 65132 32116
• Key: F Major or modal