[Verse 1]
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Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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E’en though it be a cross, that raiseth me.
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Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
[Verse 2]
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Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
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Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,
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Yet in my dreams I’d be, nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
[Verse 3]
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There let the way appear, steps unto heav’n;
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All that thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;
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Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
[Verse 4]
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Then with my waking thoughts, bright with thy praise,
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Out of my stony griefs, Bethel I’ll raise;
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So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
[Verse 5]
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Or if, on joyful wing, cleaving the sky,
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Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
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Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer, my God to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
[Verse 6]
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There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
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There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
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Age after age to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!
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Nearer, my God, to thee,
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Nearer to thee!