Hymns · 1841

Nearer, My God, to Thee

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Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Genesis 28:10-22

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Matthew 10:38 Matthew 16:24 Mark 8:34 Mark 10:21 Luke 9:23 Luke 14:27 John 14:2-3 I Thessalonians 4:16-17 Revelation 14:13

Lyrics

Verse 1
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me, (Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27)
Still all my song would be,

Chorus
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

Verse 2
Though like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone; (Gen. 28:10-11)
Yet in my dreams I’d be,

Verse 3
There let the way appear,
Steps unto Heav’n; (Gen. 28:12)
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy giv’n;
Angels to beckon me

Verse 4
Then, with my waking thoughts,
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs,
Bethel I’ll raise; (Gen. 28:18-19)
So by my woes to be,

Verse 5
Or, if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I’ll fly, (I Thess. 4:16-17)
Still all my song shall be,

Verse 6
There in my Father’s home, (John 14:2-3)
Safe and at rest, (Rev. 14:13)
There in my Savior’s love,
Perfectly blest;
Age after age to be,