Black Creek Baptist Church
Hymnal
Black Creek Baptist Church
504 Black Creek Rd.
Birmingham, Alabama  35217
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Dedication, Invitation, and Commitment
18
Nearer, My God, To Thee

Music by Mason, Lowell
Lyrics by Adams, Sarah F.

1
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!

2
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;
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!

3
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 to thee!
Sarah Flower Adams was a British actress who received praise for her performance in an 1837 production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. After health problems disrupted her plans to continue with theater, she found comfort in writing poems and hymns.

Her most notable hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee, came about in 1841 when Adams’ pastor was looking for a hymn for the following week’s sermon on Genesis 28:11-19, which is referred to by many as Jacob’s ladder, or Jacob’s dream. Adams offered to write the hymn and completed it within a week to go along with the pastor’s sermon. The hymn was originally set to music written by her sister, Eliza Flower, but another hymn-tune called BETHANY, written by Lowell Mason in 1856, has become most widely recognized and is most familiar to listeners today.

Since the music and text were paired together, the hymn has been featured in many television shows and movies. Perhaps the most famous is 1997’s Titanic, in a scene that is said to mirror the actual event of the ship's band playing Nearer, My God, to Thee, while the Titanic was sinking.

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