Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Abide with me fast falls the eventide
Topic: Home/Youth and Age
Writer: <no first name given> Lyte
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1227
Page Number: 734, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAbide with me! fast falls the eventide;
The darkness thickens; Lord! with me abide;
When other helpers fall, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless! O 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 my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O 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.