The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8

8. Abide in Me, O Lord

1. Abide in me, O Lord, and I in Thee,
From this good hour, oh, leave me nevermore;
Then shall the discord cease, the wound be healed,
The lifelong bleeding of the soul be o’er.

2. Abide in me; o’ershadow by Thy love
Each half formed purpose and dark thought of sin;
Quench ere it rise each selfish, low desire,
And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine.

3. As some rare perfume in a vase of clay,
Pervades it with a fragrance not its own,
So, when Thou dwellest in a mortal soul,
All Heaven’s own sweetness seems around it thrown.

4. Abide in me; there have been moments blest
When I have heard Thy voice and felt Thy power;
Then evil lost its grasp; and passion, hushed,
Owned the divine enchantment of the hour.

5. These were but seasons beautiful and rare;
Abide in me, and they shall ever be;
Fulfill at once Thy precept and my prayer,
Come, and abide in me, and I in Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Abide in me, O Lord, and I in Thee
• Title: Abide in Me, O Lord
• Author: Harriet Stowe (1855)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Source: Plymouth Collection, 1855
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CUBA
• Composer: Anonymous (1853)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Incipit: 51232 17665 51232
• Key: A Major
• Source: Templi Carmina, by George Kingsley (Northampton, Massachusetts: 1853).
• Copyright: Public Domain