Nearer to Thee

Verse 1

Back from the Long Ago, Distant and dim, Breathing a warning low, Comes a sweet hymn; Fraught with my childhood dreams, Is it for me; Sacred and tender seems, “Nearer to thee; “Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.”

Verse 2

Oft in an hour of bliss, Comes the refrain, Biding me find in this, Heavenly gain; Even in my griefs I say: Father, I flee Out of this clouded way, Nearer to thee; “So by my woes to be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.”

Verse 3

Thus let me daily rise Nearer thy throne, Nearer the lasting prize Kept for thine own; E’en when Death’s heralds come, Lord, may they be Angels to lead me home, Nearer to thee; “Angels to beckon me, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.”