Nearer, my God, to thee,

1.

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!

2.

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!

3.

There 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 to thee!

4.

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!

5.

Or 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;

Olorun

Nearer to thee!