Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#194

194. Abide with us, O Saviour Dear

1 Abide with us, O Saviour dear,
For dark and lowering clouds appear;
And let Thy light, Thy Word divine,
Continue in Thy church to shine.

2 This is a dark and evil day,
Forsake us not, O Lord, we pray;
And let us in our grief and pain
They Word and Sacraments retain.

3 Lord Jesus, help, Thy church uphold,
For we are weak, indifferent, cold;
Give us Thy Spirit and Thy grace,
And spread Thy truth in every place.

4 And keep us steadfast in Thy Word,
Stay Satan's fatal wiles, O Lord;
To us Thy grace and power reveal,
And let Thy church Thy presence feel.

5 And, gracious Lord, consider too
How many teachers are untrue;
By wisdom they would know the Lord,
And set at naught His holy Word.

6 Those haughty spirits, Lord, restrain,
Who do thy holy Word disdain,
And ever seek for something new,
Contrived to change Thy doctrines true.

7 And since the cause is Thine we pray,
Do Thou the arm of evil stay;
And grace and power and wisdom lend
To those who would Thy Word defend.

8 Thy Word is in distress and need
Our comfort and defence indeed;
By it Thy church keep pure within
And free from error, shame, and sin.

9 Grant that Thy Word may light our way
That we in darkness may not stray,
But through this vale of sin and woe,
May to the heavenly mansions go.

Text Information

• First Line: Abide with us, O Saviour dear
• Title: Abide with us, O Saviour Dear
• Author: Nicolaus Selnecker, 1532-1592 (1611)
• Author: Jesper Svedberg, 1653-1785 (1695)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: The Church
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ACK, BLIF HOS OSS, O JESU KRIST
• Meter: L. M.
• Source: Swedish
• Notes: Public Domain.