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"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, based loosely on Genesis 28:11–19, the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it..."
The hymn is well known, among other uses, as the alleged last song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank.
The lyrics to the hymn are as follows:
A sixth verse was later added to the hymn by Edward Henry Bickersteth Jr. as follows:
The verse was written by the English poet and Unitarian hymn writer Sarah Flower Adams (1805–48) at her home in Sunnybank, Loughton, Essex, England, in 1841. It was first set to music by Adams's sister, the composer Eliza Flower, for William Johnson Fox's collection Hymns and Anthems.
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A familiar Christian hymn written by Sarah F. Adams, 1841. Sung in the video by the Sharon Singers of the Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute. Please click to play all the featured Christian hymns: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2018498757FD7A76&feature;=mh_lolz To purchase a music CD of the Sharon Singers, click: http://www.altarofpraise.com/Acapella-Music-Altar-of-Praise-Studio-s/20.htm?searching=Y&sort;=3&cat;=20&show;=60&page;=1
A priesthood choir from YSA stakes in Salt Lake sings "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
André Rieu, over 500 brass players & the Johann Strauss Orchestra performing Nearer, my God, to Thee live in Amsterdam. Taken from the DVD "André Rieu Gala-Live in de Arena" (Dutch release), available at http://www.andrerieu.com. For concert dates and tickets visit: http://www.andrerieu.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, based loosely on Genesis 28:11--19, the story of Jacob's dream. The original lyrics to the hymn are as follows: 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, Chorus: Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness ...
Please enjoy this full version. This is the song the band played before the Titanic sank. "Sometime around 2.10 a.m. as the Titanic began settling more quickly into the icy North Altantic, the sounds of ragtime, familiar dance tunes and popular waltzes that had floated reassuringly across her decks suddenly stopped as Bandmaster Wallace Hartley tapped his bow against his violin. Hartley and his musicians, all wearing their lifebelts now, were standing back at the base of the second funnel, on the roof of the First Class Lounge, where they had been playing for the better part of an hour. There were a few moments of silence, then the solemn strains of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee" began drifting across the water. It was with a perhaps unintended irony that Hartley chose a hymn that ...
Nearer My God to Thee Hymnal By Michael Curb Congregation
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"Nearer, My God, To Thee" made famous by the motion picture, "Titanic." Performed and arranged by Anna Richey. Thank you so much for watching! Beginning in March, I will be posting "spirituals" on the first Sunday of every month. Please feel free to comment and request your favorite hymn or inspirational song.
Purchase "Nearer, My God, to Thee" from the album "Then Sings My Soul": Amazon: http://amzn.to/RrYn9o iTunes: http://bit.ly/SUJagZ Deseret Book: http://bit.ly/TPIZYK LDS Store: http://bit.ly/V02f5J The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square perform "Nearer, My God, To Thee" composed by Lowell Mason, lyrics by Sarah F. Adams and arrangement by Arthur Harris. Episode 4337 Aired October 28, 2012.
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.
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 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.
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.
Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to thee!