A familiar Christian hymn written by Sarah F. Adams, 1841.
Sung in the video by the Sharon Singers of the Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute.
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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.
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Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
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.
Refrain
3) There let the way appear,
Steps unto Heav’n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.
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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.
Refrain
5) Or, if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
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6) There in my Father’s home,
Safe and at rest,
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
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Liedtext, Strophen 1-5: 1841, Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848)
Strophe 6: Edward Henry Bickersteth, Jr. (1825–1906)
Melodie: 1856, Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Deutschsprachige Liedfassung von Erhard Friedrich Wunderlich:
»Näher, mein Gott, zu dir«
Weblinks und Verweise
Biographie von Lowell Mason (externer Link zu Hymntime.com)
»One night, sometime after lying awake in the dark, eyes wide open, through the stillness in the house the melody came to me, and the next morning I wrote down the notes.«
Notensatz, 4stimmig (pdf, externer Link zu Hymntime.com)
Audiofiles (midi, ogg; externe Links zu Hymntime.com)
Klavierbegleitung (von WSR, externer Link zu youtube)
Enthalten in: 120 Bible hyms (Beg. ab 10:30 eingestellt, externer Link zu youtube)