Abide with Me

by Henry F. Lyte

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 Abide with me : fast falls the eventide
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 The darkness deepens : Lord, with me abide
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 When other helpers : fail and comforts flee
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 Help of the helpless : oh, abide with me
 
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Swift to its close : ebbs out life’s little day;
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 Earth’s joys grow dim,: its glories pass away;
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 Change and decay : in all around  I see—
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 O Thou who changest not, : abide with me. 
 
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I need Thy presence every passing hour;
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 What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?
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 Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
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 Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 
 
Abide with Me

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, 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 pow’r?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
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.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies;
Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.