Nearer, My God, to Thee | BYU Vocal Point ft. BYU Men's Chorus

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Nearer, My God, to Thee: BYU Vocal Point's best-selling song on iTunes performed here with the BYU Men's Chorus. James Stevens's arrangement of this Christian hymn creates a feeling that is less about peace and more about the struggles in life that bring us closer to God.

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SONG CREDITS
Solo by James Stevens
Produced by McKay Crockett and James Stevens
Song by Sarah Adams and Lowell Mason
Arrangement by James Stevens
Mixed by James Stevens
Mastered by Troy Sales
Choir session engineered by Jeff Carter
© BYU Records 2014

VIDEO CREDITS
Director/DP: Brett Belingheri
Chief Lighting Technician: Pam Davis
Camera Operators: Brian Wilcox, with Brett Belingheri and Daniel Kellis
1st Assistant Camera: Jordan Kendall
Key Grip/Crane Operator: Ron Nix
Best Boy Grip: Al Williams
Dolly Grip: Quen Wilson
Company Grips: Steve Madsen, David Thorpe, Landon Nix, and Emerson Nix
Hair and Makeup: Mikayla Ellison
Editors: Brett Belingheri and Cody Phillips
Writers: Brett Belingheri, Cody Phillips, and Daniel Kellis
Producers: McKay Crockett and Bridget Benton
Executive Producer: Ben Fales (BYU Records)
© BYU Records 2014

Special thanks:
-Rosalind Hall, director of the BYU Men's Chorus, for her support of this project
-Paul Duerden and the Covey Center for the Arts for helping this vision come to fruition. Visit http://www.coveycenter.org for more information.
-Julie Walker at Brigham Young University Communications for facilitating the assistance of our amazing camera crew

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LYRICS:
In articulo mortis
Caelitus mihi vires

Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me.

There let the way appear,
(In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires.)
Steps unto heav’n;
(Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum.)
All that Thou sendest me,
(Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.)
In mercy giv’n;
(Sic itur ad astra excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior.)

Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
(Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.)
Nearer to Thee!
(Sic itur ad astra excelsior!)

Though like the wanderer,
(In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires.)
The sun gone down,
(Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum.)
Darkness be over me,
(Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.)
My rest a stone;
(Sic itur ad astra excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior, excelsior.)

Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
(Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.)
Nearer to Thee!
(Sic itur ad astra excelsior!)

Or if, on joyful wing
(In articulo mortis caelitus mihi vires.)
Cleaving the sky,
(Deo adjuvante non timendum in perpetuum.)
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
(Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta.)
Upward I fly!
(Sic itur ad astra excelsior. Dirige nos Domine ad augusta per angusta. Sic itur ad astra excelsior!)


LATIN TRANSLATION
In articulo mortis [At the moment of death]
Caelitus mihi vires [My strength is from heaven]
Deo adjuvante non timendum [God helps us; nothing should be feared]
In perpetuum [Forever]
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]