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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!
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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!
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There let the way appear, steps unto Heav’n;
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All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
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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!
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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!
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Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
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Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll 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!
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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!