English

Abide with Me

Composer
William Henry Monk
Copyright
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Verse 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!

Verse 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!

Verse 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!

Verse 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!

Verse 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 and death, O Lord, abide with me!

Comfort & Trust Evening

Public Domain Information

Text
Public Domain
Tune
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Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 9, scan page 40 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/40). Credit as printed: Henry F. Lyte, 1847. Text author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847; dates from Wikidata Q1606761, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1847): public domain.
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