| Text: | Abide with Me |
| Author: | Henry F. Lyte |
| Tune: | EVENTIDE |
| Composer: | William Henry Monk |
1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me!
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O Thou who changest not, abide with me!
3 I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!
4 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:
Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee:
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
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| First Line: | Abide with me: fast falls the eventide |
| Title: | Abide with Me |
| Author: | Henry F. Lyte |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Topic: | God, His Presence |
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| Name: | EVENTIDE |
| Composer: | William Henry Monk |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
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