Verse 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! 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, my God, to thee,      nearer to thee! Verse 3 ~ There let the way appear,      steps unto heaven; all that thou sendest me,      in mercy given; angels to beckon me      nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee,      nearer to thee! Verse 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! Verse 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!