Nearer, My God, to Thee

In articulo mortis

Caelitus mihi vires

Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee

E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me

There let the way appear, steps unto Heav'n

All that Thou sendest me in mercy giv'n

Excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior

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

Excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior

Angels to beckon me, nearer my God to Thee

Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee

Excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior

Excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior

Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky

Sun, moon and stars forgot, upward I'll fly

Excelsior