- C Soprano Recorder
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- Nearer, my God to Thee,
- Nearer to Thee!
- Even though it be a cross
- That raiseth me,
- Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
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Nearer to Thee!
- Verse 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!
- Verse 3
- There let the way appear
- Steps unto heaven,
- All that Thou send’st to me,
- In mercy given;
- Angels to beckon me
- Nearer, my God, to Thee,
- Nearer to Thee!
- Verse 4
- Then, with my waking thoughs
- 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!
- Verse 5
- Or if on joyful wing
- Cleaving the sky,
- Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
- Upwards I fly,
- Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
- February 26 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Bethany composed 1856 by Lowell Mason (1792-1872).
- Lyrics written 1841 by Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805-1848)
- Hymn #267 in The Hymnary Of The United Church of Canada