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Hymn

Abide With Me

LANGRAN · 10.10.10.10 · words Henry F. Lyte · music James Langran

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