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LATIN CHANT
In articulo mortis, caelitus mihi vires,
Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum.
Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.
Sic itur ad astra. Excelsior.
VERSE 1
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, my God, to Thee.
VERSE 2
There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n.
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy giv'n.
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee.
VERSE 3
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone.
Angels to beckon me,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee.
VERSE 4
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, my God, to Thee.
Excelsior.
