NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE - Sarah Fuller Adams Poems

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE

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 to Thee.

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.

Then 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 to Thee.

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.

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 to Thee.

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