Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Tarry with me O my Saviour
Topic: Christian/Decline of Life
Writer: <no first name given> Smith
Composer: Knowles Shaw
Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus
Tune: Tary With Me
Hymn Number: 691
Page Number: 289, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTARRY with me, O my Saviour:
For the day is passing by;
See, the shades of evening gather,
And the night is drawing nigh.
CHO.- Tarry with me, blessed Saviour;
Leave me not till morning light:
For I'm lonely here without thee:
Tarry with me through the night.
Many friends were gathered round me
In the bright days of the past;
But the grave has closed above them,
And I linger here at last.-CHO.
Deeper, deeper grow the shadows,
Paler now the glowing west;
Swift the night of death advances:
Shall it be the night of rest?-CHO.
Tarry with me, O my Saviour;
Lay my head upon thy breast
Till the morning; then awake me-
Morning of eternal rest.-CHO.