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
- Come, Let Us Go Back to God
- Peace in the Valley
- I'm Gonna Build on That Shore
- I'm on the Firing Line
- Joy, Joy to My Soul
- Until Jesus Calls Me Home
- Jesus Done Just What He Said
- Jesus Gave Me Water
- He's My Rock (Wait on Jesus)
- How Far Am I from Canaan?
- Christ Is All
- It Won't Be Very Long
- Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land (take 1 - alternate)
- Just Another Day
- Let Me Go Home (take 1 - alternate)
- Jesus Paid the Debt
- Someday Somewhere
- End of My Journey
- He'll Welcome Me
- He's My Friend Until the End
- Come and Go to That Land
- I'd Give Up All My Sins and Serve the Lord
- I'm So Happy in the Service of the Lord
- All Right Now
- He'll Make a Way
- Jesus, I'll Never Forget
- Any Day Now
- One More River
- I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)
- He's My Guide (take 4 - alternate)
- Pray [incomplete]
- The Last Mile of the Way
- He's So Wonderful
- Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles
- Farther Along
- Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone?
- Pilgrim of Sorrow
- Happy in Love
- I Need You Now
- Lovable
- I Don't Want to Cry
- That's All I Need to Know
- Forever
- Lord Remember Me
- Were You There? [false starts] (takes 1-4)
- I Have a Friend Above All Others
- Be with Me Jesus
- Nearer to Thee
- Pilgrim of Sorrow
- Touch the Hem of His Garment
- I'll Come Running Back to You
- That's Heaven to Me
- Mean Old World