Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Abide with me fast falls the eventide
Topic: Times and Seasons
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune: Abide With Me
Hymn Number: 807
Page Number: 306, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAbide with me! fast falls the eventide;
The darkness thickens;
Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless! oh, abide with me!
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.
I need thy presence every passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like thyself may guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh abide with me!
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.