Abide with us

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Savior abide with us the day is almost gone

Author: John Mason Neale
Tune: LANGTON
Published in 18 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Hymn Harmonizations, Set 5

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1 Saviour, abide with us!
The day is now far gone;
We would obtain a blessing thus
By coming to Thy throne.

2 We have not reached that land,
That happy land, as yet,
Where holy angels round Thee stand,
Whose sun can never set.

3 Our sun is sinking now;
Our day is almost o’er;
O Sun of Righteousness, do Thou
Shine on us evermore.

Source: Gloria Deo: a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in all Departments of the Church #39

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Author: John Mason Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Savior abide with us the day is almost gone
Title:	Abide with us
Author:	John Mason Neale
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Wash me whiter than snow
Copyright:	Public Domain