Chalice Hymnal ‎#636

636. Abide with Me

1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens, God, with me abide:
when other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2 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.

3 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.

4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
where is death's dark sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5 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 God, abide with me.

Text Information

• First Line: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
• Title: Abide with Me
• Author: Henry F. Lyte (1847)
• Meter: 10 10.10 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Life of Discipleship: Death and Eternal Life; God's Church: Life of Discipleship: Death and Eternal Life; Aging; Assurance; Comfort; Death; Eternal Life; Evening; Funerals and Memorial Services; God: Presence; Grief

Tune Information

• Name: EVENTIDE
• Composer: William Henry Monk (1861)
• Meter: 10 10.10 10
• Key: E♭ Major