Nearer, My God, to Thee (Arr. James L. Stevens) - BYU Vocal Point

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, (In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires)

Steps unto heav’n;

(Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum)

All that thou sendest me, (Dirige nos domine ad augusta per angusta)

In mercy giv’n;

(Sic itur ad astra excelsior)

(Pre-chorus):

Excelsior, excelsior

Excelsior, excelsior

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my God, to thee

Nearer, my God, to thee, (Dirige nos domine ad augusta per angusta)

Nearer to thee!

(Sic itur ad astra excelsior)

Though like the wanderer, (In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires)

The sun gone down, (Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum)

Darkness be over me, (Dirige nos domine ad augusta per angusta)

My rest a stone, (Sic itur ad astra excelsior)

(Pre-chorus):

Excelsior, excelsior

Excelsior, excelsior

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee, (Dirige nos domine ad augusta per angusta)

Nearer to Thee.

(Sic itur ad astra excelsior)

(Bridge):

Excelsior, (excelsior)

Excelsior, (excelsior)

Excelsior, (excelsior)

Or if, on joyful wing (In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires)

Cleaving the sky, (Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum)

Sun, moon, and stars forgot, (Dirige nos domine ad augusta per angusta)

Upward I fly (Sic itur ad astra excelsior)

(Outro):

Dirige nos domine

Ad augusta per angusta

Sic itur ad astra

Excelsior