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NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE." 
 
 SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. 
 
 WITH 
 
 
 DESIGNS BY L. B. HUMPHREY. 
 
 Engraved by John Andrew and Son. 
 
 BOSTON : 
 LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. 
 
 1876. 
 
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 Copyright. 
 
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 1S75. 
 
EARER, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 E'en though it be a cross 
 
 That raiseth me ; 
 Still, all my song would be, — 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 
HOUGH, like the wanderer, 
 Daylight all gone, 
 Darkness be over me, 
 
 My rest a stone ; 
 Yet in my dreams I 'd be 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 

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 S^ HERE let the way appear 
 
 ^llf l te^ Steps unto Heaven ; 
 
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 All that Thou sendest me 
 
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 In mercy given ; 
 Angels to beckon me 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 
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 HEN with my waking thoughts, 
 Bright with thy praise, 
 Out of my stony griefs 
 
 Bethel I '11 raise ; 
 So by my woes to be 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 
R if on joyful wing, 
 
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 Upward I fly, — 
 
 Still, all my song shall be : 
 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 
HRIST alone beareth me 
 Where Thou dost shine ; 
 Joint-heir he maketh me 
 Of the Divine ! 
 In Christ my soul shall be 
 Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
 Nearer to Thee ! 
 
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