Nearer, my God, to Thee

1 Nearer, my God to Thee!
Nearer to Thee!
Through Word and Sacrament,
Thou com'st to me.
Thy grace is ever near,
Thy Spirit ever here,
Drawing to Thee.

2 Ages on ages rolled,
Ere earth appeared,
Yet Thine unmeasured love
The way prepared;
E'en then Thou yearn'st for me
That I might nearer be,
Nearer to Thee!

3 Thy Son has come to earth
My sin to bear,
My every wound to heal,
My pain to share.
"God in the flesh" for me,
Brings me now nearer Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

4 Lo! all my debt is paid,
My guilt is gone.
See! He has ris'n for me,
My throne is won.
Thanks, O my God, to Thee!
None now an nearer be.
Nearer to Thee!

5 Welcome, then, to Thy home,
Blest One in Three!
As Thou hast promised, come!
Come, Lord, to me!
Work, Thou, O God, through me,
Live, Thou, O God, in me,
Ever in me!

6 By the Baptismal stream,
Which made me Thine,
By the dear flesh and blood,
thy love made mine,
Purge, Thou, all sin from me,
That I may nearer be,
Nearer to Thee!