Text: | A-bide with me! fast falls the eventide |
Author: | Henry Francis Lyte |
Tune: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William Henry Monk |
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 changes not, abide with me!
3 Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word,
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free,
Come, not to sojourn, but abide with me.
4 Come not in terrors as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing on Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
O Friend of sinners, thus abide with me!
5 Thou on my head in early 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!
6 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!
7 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!
8 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 | |
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First Line: | A-bide with me! fast falls the eventide |
Author: | Henry Francis Lyte (1847) |
Meter: | No. 48 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Contemplation of Death |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William Henry Monk (1861) |
Meter: | No. 48 |
Key: | E♭ Major |