Nearer, My God, to Thee

This setting is especially sensitive to the text, moving from darkness to light with both introspection and outward joy.  Quick to learn, this arrangement is appropriate any time of year for practically any occasion.

Text

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.

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.

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, my God, to thee.

Or if, on joyful wing, cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly,
And Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!

SATB & Piano
$2.15 #S-1011CH

Orchestra Score & Parts
$170.00 #S-1011SF

Flute and Harp Parts 
$15.00 #S-1011PP

Orchestration: 1111 2000  str., 2 perc., hp.