SDA Hymnal 473
Nearer My God, to Thee
Words: Sarah F. AdamsMusic: Lowell MasonTune: BETHANY6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
1Nearer, 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!
2Though like a wanderer, daylight all gone,
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!
3There 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!
4Then, 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!
5Or 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!
- Words
- Sarah F. Adams
- Music
- Lowell Mason
- Tune
- BETHANY
- Meter
- 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Scripture
- Genesis 28:10-22; Psalm 73:28; James 4:8
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The verse
- Meter
- 10.11.12.10 · the hymnal prints 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 66% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCDCCCC
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