The phrase "nearing" resonates through 19 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
nearing
...Look beyond the waves’ commotion,
Thou art nearing that blest land.
Nearing, nearing, nearing, nearing,...
Look beyond the waves’ commotion,
Thou art nearing that blest land.
Nearing, nearing, nearing, nearing,
...In that port we long to see.
We are nearing, we are nearing,
Nearing the golden strand;...
In that port we long to see.
We are nearing, we are nearing,
Nearing the golden strand;
...He will lead us home.
We are nearing home,
We are nearing home;...
He will lead us home.
We are nearing home,
We are nearing home;
...He will lead us home.
We are nearing home,
We are nearing home;...
He will lead us home.
We are nearing home,
We are nearing home;
...Yet amid the tempest’s roar,
Zion’s ship is nearing shore;
Cast the anchor o’er the rail,...
Yet amid the tempest’s roar,
Zion’s ship is nearing shore;
Cast the anchor o’er the rail,
...And we gladly follow now.
We are nearing, we are nearing
Heaven, our eternal home;...
And we gladly follow now.
We are nearing, we are nearing
Heaven, our eternal home;
...O the crown, the glory crown,
O the day, the happy day is nearing,
When the crown of rich reward...
O the crown, the glory crown,
O the day, the happy day is nearing,
When the crown of rich reward
...Weep not, toiling one, neither faint as you go;
The harvest is nearing—we reap what we sow.
Tho’ life may appear as a cold barren waste,...
Weep not, toiling one, neither faint as you go;
The harvest is nearing—we reap what we sow.
Tho’ life may appear as a cold barren waste,
...And where is thy haven? O where?
Art thou nearing the harbor of glory,
Or nearing the brink of despair?...
And where is thy haven? O where?
Art thou nearing the harbor of glory,
Or nearing the brink of despair?
...And laud and magnify our God.
Behold the host of brethren nearing
The gates of Heav’n with mighty tread,...
And laud and magnify our God.
Behold the host of brethren nearing
The gates of Heav’n with mighty tread,
...And the soul shall be weary no more.
We are nearing that land,
We are nearing the gate,...
And the soul shall be weary no more.
We are nearing that land,
We are nearing the gate,
...In their never ending flight
Tell us of the morning nearing,
And illuminate the night....
In their never ending flight
Tell us of the morning nearing,
And illuminate the night.
...Over where the angels sing.
We are nearing now that shore,
Over where the angels sing;...
Over where the angels sing.
We are nearing now that shore,
Over where the angels sing;
...And the hungry waves dash mountains high.
Soon the haven our bark will be nearing,
The Jerusalem golden and fair;...
And the hungry waves dash mountains high.
Soon the haven our bark will be nearing,
The Jerusalem golden and fair;
...And the hungry waves dash mountains high.
Soon the haven our bark will be nearing,
The Jerusalem golden and fair;...
And the hungry waves dash mountains high.
Soon the haven our bark will be nearing,
The Jerusalem golden and fair;
...We’re going home at last.
We now are nearing Heaven,
And soon shall be at rest;...
We’re going home at last.
We now are nearing Heaven,
And soon shall be at rest;
...How our hearts within us burn,
As we know the hour is nearing,
When the Savior will return....
How our hearts within us burn,
As we know the hour is nearing,
When the Savior will return.
...The hour is hastening on;
Its radiant light is nearing,
Far brighter than the sun;...
The hour is hastening on;
Its radiant light is nearing,
Far brighter than the sun;
...Yet signs all foretell
That the moment is nearing
When He shall return—...
Yet signs all foretell
That the moment is nearing
When He shall return—
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