Nearer to Thee Lyrics

The song Nearer to Thee is performed by Sam Cooke in the album named Complete Recordings of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers in the year 2002 .



The minister was preaching
and the crowd was standing near
The congregation was singing a tune
in a voice that was loud and clear

You know the crowd stood around him
they were crying, I could plainly see
For the song that they sang was touching
they were singing:
Nearer my God to thee
O, nearer my good to thee, nearer, nearer to thee

We kept on singing: nearer my Lord to thee

Songs have a feeling
there is a story in every song we sing
Songs that are known to lift heave burdens
if all of our troubles, god we all _____

And if we Christians we ought not to be ashamed
to lift our voices in our Jesus' his name
We ought to be able to sing, nearer my God to thee

Lift our voices and sing, nearer, nearer

I want to get nearer to thee
When I got lonely I can sing nearer my God to thee
I just bow down and say nearer to thee
Nearer my God to thee



Sam Cooke - Complete Recordings of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers

Oct 2002

  1. Come, Let Us Go Back to God
  2. Peace in the Valley
  3. I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
  4. I'm on the Firing Line
  5. Joy, Joy to My Soul
  6. Until Jesus Calls Me Home
  7. Jesus Done Just What He Said
  8. Jesus Gave Me Water
  9. He's My Rock (Wait on Jesus)
  10. How Far Am I from Canaan?
  11. Christ Is All
  12. It Won't Be Very Long
  13. Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land (take 1 - alternate)
  14. Just Another Day
  15. Let Me Go Home (take 1 - alternate)
  16. Jesus Paid the Debt
  17. Someday Somewhere
  18. End of My Journey
  19. He'll Welcome Me
  20. He's My Friend Until the End
  21. Come and Go to That Land
  22. I'd Give Up All My Sins and Serve the Lord
  23. I'm So Happy in the Service of the Lord
  24. All Right Now
  25. He'll Make a Way
  26. Jesus, I'll Never Forget
  27. Any Day Now
  28. One More River
  29. I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)
  30. He's My Guide (take 4 - alternate)
  31. Pray [incomplete]
  32. The Last Mile of the Way
  33. He's So Wonderful
  34. Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles
  35. Farther Along
  36. Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone?
  37. Pilgrim of Sorrow
  38. Happy in Love
  39. I Need You Now
  40. Lovable
  41. I Don't Want to Cry
  42. That's All I Need to Know
  43. Forever
  44. Lord Remember Me
  45. Were You There? [false starts] (takes 1-4)
  46. I Have a Friend Above All Others
  47. Be with Me Jesus
  48. Nearer to Thee
  49. Pilgrim of Sorrow
  50. Touch the Hem of His Garment
  51. I'll Come Running Back to You
  52. That's Heaven to Me
  53. Mean Old World

Nearer to Thee