Nearer, my God, to Thee

After hearing this song, I experienced restoration in serving God and gained strength to continue praying and walking with God.

Thank you for sharing this song, I really receive grace and blessings from God.

Humans, even those closest to me, sometimes bring me down, belittle me, and lead me astray and even leave me when life is hard and I have no wealth. But God's mercy remains forever.

Let this praise I offer be a hope and a definite commitment to Jesus.

Soli Deo Gloria

Thank u
For the lyrics
Love the song btw

Hallelujah this came to me as I was walking this morning.

Humming it crying as I praise the Lord.. the old songs are the best 🙌🏾🙌🏾💚

What a touching Hymn, it brings comfort and inner peace. thanks for those who shared the story behind it, and may God continue resting in peace the souls of the authors and composers.

Tears roll over my face, when ever am reminded that he is always with me even in the moments I turned away from him, he was always there for me.

This song has always been my turning point even in the darkest days of my life. Thank you God.

“Nearer My God to Thee” was written by British actress, poet, and hymn writer, Sarah Flower Adams, who lived in the early 1800s. Her sister Eliza wrote the original music shortly after Sarah’s performance in London’s 1837 play, “Macbeth, ” where she received excellent reviews. Her desire was to continue with the theater but frail health put an end to her plans. And so she took to writing poems and hymns. Sarah’s pastor was visiting the Adams family one afternoon and mentioned that he was having difficulty in finding a hymn that represented his next week’s sermon, taken from Genesis 28 which recounted Jacob’s dream. Sara spontaneously volunteered to write a hymn for the service. Within a week, “Nearer my God to Thee” was composed. This beautiful hymn spoke to many Christians, and even found its way to the theater that Adams so dearly loved. The song has been sung in several Hollywood films, including the Academy, Award winning films, “San Francisco, ” and “Titanic. ” One Canadian survivor of the 1912 Titanic tragedy recalled that the band played “Nearer my God to Thee” as the ship was sinking. In addition to writing this hymn, the sisters wrote 13 texts and 62 tunes for a hymnal which was published in 1841. The song did not gain great, popularity until it was later joined with the current tune, composed, especially for the text by Lowell Mason, who is sometimes known as the father of American church music. Sarah‘s sister Eliza, who was suffering from tuberculosis, died in 1846. Sarah had faithfully cared for her sister during the illness, but by the time Eliza died, Sarah, too, was showing signs of the disease. She herself passed away in 1848, at age 43. This hymn is associated with two US presidents: It was played as President James Garfield‘s body was laid to rest in 1881 and President William McKinley said that this was his favorite hymn. The hymn was sung across the land in 1901. “Nearer my God to Thee” has been used to bring spiritual comfort and blessing to many-a-believer as it expresses the common yearning of His children to know God, and to experience His presence and victory.

L. Codington

i would like to be nearer my God to thee

All I say is Amen.

🌺 much thanks 🌺 fr sisteregina k

A very spiritually nourishing song