Nearer My God To Thee
Sarah Adams had to say farewell
often. Her mother died when she
was only five. At 32, as an actress
in London’s Richmond Theatre, she
bid farewell to stage due to failing
health. When Adam’s pastor asked
her and her sister to prepare a
hymnal, the two responded with
62 new tunes. As the sisters were
finishing their work, their pastor
told them he was planning a sermon
about Jacob’s dream of a ladder
ascending to heaven and needed
an appropriate hymn; Adams soon
completed Nearer My God to Thee.
Lord, we Come Nearer to Thee:
Jacob found a stone to rest his
head against and lay down to sleep.
He dreamed of a stairway that
reached…up to heaven. And he saw
the angels of God going up and
down the stairway (Gen 28:11-12)
The Lord said… the land on which
you lie I will give to you… Behold,
I am with you and will keep you…
I will not leave you until I have done
what I have spoken to you (v13-15)
Jacob rose early in the morning
and took the stone that he had put
at his head, set it up as a pillar and
poured oil on top of it. He named
that place Bethel which means
house of God (v18-19). Amen.
Lord, thank You for this hymn
that draws me to You my Maker.
As I grow older, I find I want to be
nearer to You and this hymn assures
me God is nearer than I can imagine.
As I draw near to God, You draw
near to me. Your light exposes me
but at same time,Your love comforts
and brings hope of Your will. Amen.
Lord, through the trials of life,
You God wants to be nearer to me.
Help me to recognise Your presence
in ordinary & extraordinary places
and help me to have eternity in view.
Some are weary to sing this hymn
because they say it’s a funeral song.
But that’s not so for true believers
in Christ, for Phil 1:21 says: For me
to live is Christ & to die is gain.Amen
Lord, 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.
There let the way appear
steps unto heav’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. Amen.