Posted on 03/10/2009 12:13:29 AM PDT by reaganaut
Nearer, My God, to Thee -
Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah F. Adams, in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841; verse 6, Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Een though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
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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 Id be nearer, my God to Thee.
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There let the way appear, steps unto Heavn;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.
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Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel Ill raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.
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Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward Ill fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
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There in my Fathers home, safe and at rest,
There in my Saviors love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee.
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Ping me to get on/off my worship ping list.
This one is at my mother's request.
worship ping
If you provide “It is Well With My Soul”, you should also provide Spafford’s story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_With_My_Soul
will do. That one is on my list as well. thanks!
I think about the sinking of the Titanic, whenever this song is sung.
How nice!!! Thank you !
Oh, and will you be so kind as to put me on your ping list?
will do.
I must admit I have never seen all of the lyrics to this song. Is this verse referring to Jacob's ladder?
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