 | Juvenile hymn book - 1862 - 266 pàgines
...Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! like a wanderer, * The SDH gone down. Darkness covers o'er me, My rest a stone, Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! 3 There let my way appear Steps unto heaven, All that Thou sendest me, In mercy given, Angels to beckon me Nearer,... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1862 - 690 pàgines
...a cross That raiseth me : Still all my song would be, 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 dr°Hms I'd be, Nearer, my God, to thee, — Nearer to thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto... | |
 | 1862 - 660 pàgines
...be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, 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'll be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee l There let my way appear Steps unto heaven ; All that... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 pàgines
...song would bo, Nearer, my God, to thee — Nearer to thee. Though like a 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. There let the way appear Steps up to heaven ; All that thou send'st to me In mercy given,... | |
 | Jeremiah Bascom Reeves - 1924 - 396 pàgines
...Thee" condenses in a stanza the gist of the hymn-book's whole theory of life and its meaning and end : There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven: All that...Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! Now, when souls have found that fellowship, they desire to share it; this indeed is the final... | |
 | Church missionary society - 636 pàgines
...My rest a stone, Yet in my dreams I 'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee — Nearer to Thee ! There let my way appear Steps unto heaven ; All that Thou sendest...to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee — Nearer to Thee ! Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I '11 raise... | |
 | George McCue - 1977 - 212 pàgines
...melodic material for the work's conclusion, thus suggesting that the Pilgrim's journey is nearly over: Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down. Darkness...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... | |
 | Shmuel Moreh - 1976 - 376 pàgines
...Protestant hymn107 in the same metre. Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness comes over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. Another type of octet isofababcccb rhyme-scheme which can be found in English poetry and muwashshah.m... | |
 | Benjamin Capps - 1985 - 310 pàgines
...passed Shorty, who was singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," in the same slow rhythm he had sung "Dixie." 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. He passed Professor, who was... | |
 | Lionel Adey - 1986 - 294 pàgines
...second stanza of Sarah Adams's "Nearer, my God, to thee" ( 1841 ). used but not designed for funerals: Though like the wanderer. The sun gone down. Darkness be over me. My rest a stone ..." The author, previously "nearer" in her dreams, finally imagines herself "cleaving the skies" on... | |
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E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to Thee. 
