Christian Hymns ‎#155

155. Abide with me! fast falls the eventide

1 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, 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 Come not in terrors as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
O Friend of sinners, thus abide with me!

4 Thou on my head in every youth didst smile,
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee;
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me!

5 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!

6 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!

7 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!

Text Information

• First Line: Abide with me! fast falls the eventide
• Meter: 10s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: Worship: Evening; Christ: Defender and Helper; God the Father: Desire For; God the Father: Eternal and Unchangeable; Life: Brevity, Uncertainty and Solemnity of; Sickness, Death, and Burial
• Notes: Now Public Domain. H. F. Lyte, 1847.

Tune Information

• Name: EVENTIDE
• Composer: W. H. Monk (1861)
• Meter: 10s.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.