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Lowell Mason- (1702-1872).
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Sarah Flower Adams (1805-188).
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!
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!
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!
There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven;
All that thou send'st to me,
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee.
Nearer to thee!
Steps unto heaven;
All that thou send'st to 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!
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!
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