Emphasis Preaching Journal

(L)
The setting of the hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," by Sarah F. Adams, is Genesis 28. Stanzas 2, 3, and 4 are most appropriate.

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.

There let the way appear Steps unto hea v'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.

Then with my waking tho'ts 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.
-- Yocom