More likely to bump into

• "___, My God, to Thee" (hymn)
• "___ My God to Thee"
• Not farther away
• Not so remote
• First word of Sarah Adams' hymn
• Not so far
• More warm, in a way
• First word of a famous hymn
• Start of a well-known hymn

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nearer \nearer\ adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.