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Hymn

Abide With Me

EVENTIDE · 10.10.10.10 · words Henry F. Lyte · music William H. Monk

Abide With Me didst of ing tle en smile; kings, word; day; tide; youth life's the a King pass lit ev ly the on not a to bide brief my in its with 1. A Swift 5. Thou 4. Come 3. Not 2. fast in rors, I ebbs ear as beg, out falls glance head ter close me; in pass verse ci a mean Thy ples, a with ies me per ing dis while, wings, Lord, way; bide. And, But But Earth's though kind as joys dark The ious with with its ens; and heal Thy glor Lord re and Thou grow ness bell good, dwell'st deep dim; forts I ev pa round com flee, left ery tient, I free. as for ing, a and Thee, plea? see; hast for mil and oth de not all iar, er When Thou Tears Fa Change me, a des in ers oft heart cend all fail woes, left con cay help with with with with with me. a me. me. bide bide bide a thus a bide bide me. me. to Friend not Thou of the a the of to who On Come, Come O Help O not, O ners, journ, gest less, Lord, and but chan close, sin so help Henry F. Lyte, 1847 EVENTIDE 10.10.10.10 William H. Monk, 1861
Abide With Me didst of ing tle en smile; kings, word; day; tide; youth life's the a King pass lit ev ly the on not a to bide brief my in its with 1. A Swift 5. Thou 4. Come 3. Not 2. fast in rors, I ebbs ear as beg, out falls glance head ter close me; in pass verse ci a mean Thy ples, a with ies me per ing dis while, wings, Lord, way; bide. And, But But Earth's though kind as joys dark The ious with with its ens; and heal Thy glor Lord re and Thou grow ness bell good, dwell'st deep dim; forts I ev pa round com flee, left ery tient, I free. as for ing, a and Thee, plea? see; hast for mil and oth de not all iar, er When Thou Tears Fa Change me, a des in ers oft heart cend all fail woes, left con cay help with with with with with me. a me. me. bide bide bide a thus a bide bide me. me. to Friend not Thou of the a the of to who On Come, Come O Help O not, O ners, journ, gest less, Lord, and but chan close, sin so help Henry F. Lyte, 1847 EVENTIDE 10.10.10.10 William H. Monk, 1861

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 changest 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 in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea?
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide 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.

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