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Text:Abide with me! fast falls the eventide
Author:Henry F. Lyte
Tune:Abide with me
Composer:The Rev. Henry Francis Lyte, (1793-1847)

24c. Abide with me! fast falls the eventide

Text Information
First Line: Abide with me! fast falls the eventide
Author: Henry F. Lyte (1847)
Publication Date: 1880
Topic: Evening
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: Abide with me
Composer: The Rev. Henry Francis Lyte, (1793-1847) (1847)
Incipit: 11234 56653
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.


Tune Information:

THIRD TUNE

It is related, that in the Autumn of 1847, just before taking his final journey to Nice, the Rev. Mr. LYTE made an effort to preach to his congregation once more; that he addressed to them his solemn and affecting parting words, and administered to them the Lord's Supper, and on retiring to rest presented to a dear relative this Hymn, with the music (this third tune) he had adapted to it. The Tune is given here only on account of its historical interest.


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