Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Even though it be a cross That raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, 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. 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. 4. 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.