Text:Abide with Me: Fast Falls the Eventide
Author:Henry F. Lyte
Tune:EVENTIDE
Composer:William Henry Monk

278. 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 I need your presence every passing hour.
What but your grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like yourself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

3 I fear no foe, with you at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, your victory?
I triumph still, if you abide with me.

5 Hold now your 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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Abide with me: fast falls the eventide
Title: Abide with Me: Fast Falls the Eventide
Author: Henry F. Lyte (1847, alt.)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ;
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Old Testament Lesson; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Acts of the Church: Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: EVENTIDE
Composer: William Henry Monk (1861)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Key: E♭ Major



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