Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrainAppears in 29 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Leander L. PickettTune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Abiding_and_Confiding); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (437); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/p/i/pickett_ll.htm)Tune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 55111 13155 61165 Used With Text: Abiding and Confiding