Source:
Public Domain
Lead Sheet (PDF)
melody and chords for guitar and voice (full page)
Key of FFull Score (PDF)
four-part score for piano and organ (can be used as half-sheet bulletin insert)
Key of FMusic Image (PNG)
melody and words as an image file to paste into bulletins (cropped)
Key of FText: Sarah Flower Adams
Music: Lowell Mason
Tune: Bethany
LBW/WOV Hymn: #n/a
ReClaim/Sola Hymn: #255
Scripture: Psalm 73:28
Hymn Text
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, 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, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.
3 Then let my way appear Steps unto heav'n;
All that thou sendest me In mercy giv'n;
Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee,
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, 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;
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.