Text: | Abide with Me |
Author: | Henry Francis 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, Lord, abide with me.
4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless:
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
5 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Abide with me: fast falls the eventide |
Title: | Abide with Me |
Author: | Henry Francis Lyte (1847) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Evening hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William Henry Monk (1861) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |