Nearer, My God, To Thee
Lyrics by Sara F. Adams (c.1841)
Music ("Bethany") by Lowell Mason (c.1856)
Christian Hymn
[Varying Lyrics Exist]

Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee,
E'en tho' 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.
Amen

Though like the wanderer,
Weary and lone,
Darkness comes 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
Amen

Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon and stars forgot,
Upward I fly;
Still all my song be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Amen

Source:  U.S. Army Song Book, 1918.
Note:  This hymn is believed to have been heard by passengers in the lifeboats of the RMS Titanic, not long before the mighty ship sank in 1912.

Return to Patriotic Songs Page