Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS:  Nearer, my God to Thee

Lead me into the Lord of up righteousness. Ps.143:10

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 to Thee!

2. Though like the wanderer,
    The sun gone down.
    Darkness be over me,
    My rest a stone.
    Yet in my dreams I'd be
    Nearer, my God to Thee!
    Nearer to Thee!

3. There let the way appear
    Step unto heaven;
    All that Thou send'st to me
    In mercy given:
    Angels to beckon me
    Nearer, my God, to Thee.
    Nearer to Thee!

4. Then, with my waking thoughts
    Bright with Thy praise,
    Out of my story griefs
    Bethel I'll raise
    So by my woes to be
    Nearer, my God, to Thee!
    Nearer to Thee!

5. Or if on joyful wing
    Cleaving the sky,
    Sun, moon, and stars forget,
    Upwards I fly,
    Still all my song shall be,
    Nearer, my God to Thee!
    Nearer to Thee!

Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS:  Uno sunm’O Olorun

Fa mi lo ni ile ti o teju. OD. 143:10.

1. Uno sunm’O Olorun,
   Uno sunmo O
   Bo tile se ‘ponju
   L’O mu mi wa,
   Sibe, orin mi je;
   Uno sunm’O, Olorun,
   Uno sunmo O.

2. Ni ona ajo mi
   B’ile ba su;
   Bi okuta si je
   Irori mi;
   Sibe, n’nu ala mi,
   Uno sunm’O, Olorun,
   Uno sunmo O.

3. Nibe, jeki nr’ona
   To lo s’orun;
   Gbogb’ ohun t’O fun mi
   Nin’ anu Re,
   Angel’ lati pe mi,
   Sunm’O, Olorun mi,
   Uno sunmo O.

4. Nje ‘gbati mo ba ji
   Em’o yin O;
   Uno fakete mi se
   Betel fun O;
   Be, ninu osi mi,
   Uno sunm’O, Olorun,
   Uno sunmo O.

5. ‘Gba mba fi ayo lo
   S’oke orun
   To ga ju orun lo
   S’oke giga;
   Orin mi yio je!
   Uno sunm’O, Olorun,
   Uno sunmo O.
Amin.

Composed by: Sarah Flower Adams