[from] Hymns of the Church
Set to Music by
J[ohn.] R[ogers]. Thomas[, 1830-1896.]

[1] The Mellow eve is gliding.
[2] Abide with me.
[4] Come holy Spirit.
[5] Nearer my God to thee.
[6] In heavenly love abiding.
[7] Glorious things of thee are spoken.
[8] Tarry with me.
[9] Just as I am.

To Mrs. Julia L. Bodstein.
"Nearer, My God, to Thee!" (31 Oct 1870)
[No. 5 of 9]
[Words by (Mrs.) Sarah Adams (Flower), 1859]
New York: William A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway
Boston: Koppitz, Prufer & Co.
Cincinnati: C. Y. Fonda
San Francisco: Matthias Gray
New Orleans: L. Grunewald
Milwaukee: H. N. Hempsted
[Lithographer?] Robert Teller, 107 Prince St., New York
Plate No. 7897
[Source: 03294@LoC]

[SOPRANO SOLO]
Nearer, my God, to Thee! 
Nearer to Thee! 
E’n 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! 

[Tutti]
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee! 

[QUARTETTE]
Though like a wanderer, 
Weary and lone, 
Darkness comes 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!

[SOPRANO] 
There let my way appear, 
Steps unto heav’n; 
All that Thou sendest me, 
In mercy giv’n; 
Angels to beckon me, 
Nearer, my God to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee!

[Tutti] 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee! 

[Tutti]
Or, if on joyful wing, 
Clearing the sky, 
Sun, moon and stars forgot, 
Upward I fly; 
Still all my song shall be, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee!