Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Tarry with me O my Saviour
Topic: Aspiration to Divine Communion
Writer: <no first name given> Smith
Composer: Knowles Shaw
Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus
Tune: Tarry With Me
Hymn Number: 740
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.
Chorus.--Tarry with me, blessed Saviour,
Leave me not till morning light;
For I'm lonely here without Thee;
Tarry with me thro' the night.
Many friends were gather'd round me
In the bright days of the past;
But the grave has clos'd 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.