Current Hartley: Matthew Jones
Original Hartley: Ted Sperling
Words to Nearer My God To Thee:
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, to Thee.
Thought 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,
There let my way appear Steps unto Heav'n,
All That Thou sendest me in mercy given,
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony grief a beth-el I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.