This song is most famous in the contemporary world as the song that was played by the band as the R.M.S Titanic sunk to the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Over 1,500 lives perished that night, the night that many felt was the end of all hope.
This song had a very poignant message above staying w...
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 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 to Thee
Then 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 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 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 to Thee