Nearer, my god, to thee

Nearer to thee

Even though it be a cross

That raiseth me.

Still all my song will be

Nearer, my god, to thee

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, 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, my god, to thee

Nearer to thee.

Or if on joyful wing

Cleaving the sky

The sun and moon and stars forgot

Upwards I fly.

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my god, to thee

Nearer, my god, to thee

Nearer to thee.