Comparatively warm?

• Start of a well-known hymn
• Not so remote
• "___, My God, to Thee" (supposed last song played on the sinking Titanic)
• In closer proximity to
• "___ My God to Thee"
• Start of Sarah Adams's well-known hymn
• Closing in on
• More imminent

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.