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And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Herr, bleib' bei mir

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Translator: Ida Sulzberger

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Herr, bleib' bei mir, die Sonne schon sich neigt
Title: Herr, bleib' bei mir
English Title: Abide With Me
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Translator: Ida Sulzberger
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

EVENTIDE (Monk)

According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at t…

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[Herr, bleib' bei mir]


SABBATH (Widdeman)


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Ausgewaehlte Psalmen und Lieder fuer kirchlichen und haeuslichen Gebrauch #d132

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #14

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #330

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Evangelischer Liederschatz #49

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #140

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #140

Evangeliums-Saenger #d86

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d40

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d41

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d246

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche #676

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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Kirche #651

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Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden #511

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Gute Botschaft #265

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Jugendharfe #293

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Lob und Ehre #84

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Neue Zions-Lieder #123

Sammlung neuer, geistlicher Lieder fuer Gemischten Chor #d13

Singet dem Herrn; Liederbuch fuer Jugendvereine und Sonntagschulen #d52

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Zions-Klänge #36b

Zionslieder fuer alle christlichen Zusammenkuensste. 5 Aussl. #d55

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