1
\nNearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
\nE’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
\nstill all my song shall be,
\nnearer, my God, to thee;
\nnearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!<\/p>\n
2
\nThough like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
\ndarkness be over me, my rest a stone;
\nyet in my dreams I’d be
\nnearer, my God, to thee;
\nnearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!<\/p>\n
3
\nThere let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
\nall that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
\nangels to beckon me
\nnearer, my God, to thee;
\nnearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!<\/p>\n
4
\nThen, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise,
\nout of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
\nso by my woes to be
\nnearer, my God, to thee;
\nnearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!<\/p>\n
5
\nOr if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
\nsun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
\nstill all my song shall be,
\nnearer, my God, to thee;
\nnearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!<\/p>\n
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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; 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; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 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, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,41,64,89,10,355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401-500","category-christian-life","category-hope-and-comfort","category-n","category-10","category-sara-f-adams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6758,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions\/6758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}