NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE - Worldwide Virtual Choir and Orchestra ►CHOIR & ORCHESTRA SHEET MUSIC: https://bit.ly/SP-NearerMyGodOrchestra ►STREAM/DOWNLOAD/GET CD - Original a cappella recording by BYU Vocal Point - https://byurecords.lnk.to/VP-LeadThouMeOnID?utm_source=youtube_description_lf&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=vp_nearer-zoom_lead-thou-me-on&utm_content=16 ►SUBSCRIBE & Click the BELL to receive future video notifications. ►TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO RECORD THIS ARRANGEMENT, please send an email to permissions@byumusic.com CONNECT WITH BYU VOCAL POINT: ►Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BYUVocalPoint ►TikTok/Instagram/Twitter: @BYUVocalPoint ►Website: https://www.byuvocalpoint.com BYU VOCAL POINT 2019–20: Jason Bromley, Alex Brown, Yaphet Bustos, Carson Trautman, Jonathan Meyers, Josh Dalley, Cabe John, Zac Love, James Thorup; Artistic Director: McKay Crockett VIDEO CREDITS Producers/directors: Ben Fales, James Stevens 3-D modeling and CGI: Justin Hemsley Editor: Nick Spinder AUDIO CREDITS Producer: James L Stevens Editing and mixing: James L Stevens, David Stillman Mastering: Troy Sales NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE (lyrics) Music by Sarah Adams, Lowell Mason, James L Stevens Original Latin lyrics and arrangement by James L Stevens In articulo mortis (At the moment of death) Caelitus mihi vires (My strength is from heaven) Deo adjuvante non timendum (God helping, nothing should be feared) In perpetuum (For ever) Dirige nos domine (Direct us, O Lord) Ad augusta per angusta (To high places by narrow roads) Sic itur ad astra (Such is the path to the stars) Excelsior (Ever upward) Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me. 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, Nearer to thee! 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, Nearer to thee! Or if, on joyful wing Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly! SPECIAL THANKS: McKay Crockett, Cody Phillips, and especially to the 800 musicians from 55 countries* who participated in this worldwide collaboration! We couldn’t have done this without you! *55 Countries/territories represented in this video: Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Dominican Republic England Finland France Germany Ghana Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Lithuania Malaysia Malta Mexico Nigeria Norway Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Serbia Singapore Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand The Netherlands Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela