Am I Nearer to Heaven Today?

Representative Text

1 O the yesterday's moments for pleasure or woe,
Have been stealthily carried away;
I am nearer the valley of shadows, I know-
Am I nearer to heaven today?

Refrain:
Am I nearer
Am I nearer
Am I nearer to heaven today?
Am I nearer the gate where the blessed ones wait?
Am I nearer to heaven today?

2 I am nearer the time for the breaking of ties,
That are holding my loved ones to me;
I am nearer the time for my latest good byes-
Am I nearer, O Father to Thee? [Refrain]

3 I am nearer the close of my labor below,
I am nearer the end of my way;
I am nearer the edge of the valley, I know-
Am I nearer to heaven today? [Refrain]

Source: Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #28

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie Brown Pounds was born in Hiram, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on 31 August 1861. She was not in good health when she was a child so she was taught at home. She began to write verses for the Cleveland newspapers and religious weeklies when she was fifteen. After an editor of a collection of her verses noted that some of them would be well suited for church or Sunday School hymns, J. H. Fillmore wrote to her asking her to write some hymns for a book he was publishing. She then regularly wrote hymns for Fillmore Brothers. She worked as an editor with Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati from 1885 to 1896, when she married Rev. John E. Pounds, who at that time was a pastor of the Central Christian Church in Indianapolis. A memorab… Go to person page >

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First Line: O the yesterday's moments for pleasure or woe
Title: Am I Nearer to Heaven Today?
Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Am I nearer to heaven today
Copyright: Public Domain

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Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #303

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #28

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