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Hymn

Abide With Me

TOULON · 10.10.10.10 · words Henry F. Lyte · music Genevan Psalter, 1551

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Abide With Me tle of en ing word; day; tide; didst life's the a youth King pass lit ev ly the smile; kings, to bide a my brief its with on not 3. 5. Thou 4. Come in Not 2. Swift 1. A in rors, I ebbs fast ear as beg, out falls ter glance close me; head a Thy a ples, Lord, way; bide. mean ies with dis verse in ci pass me per ing while, wings, joys dark as And, But But Earth's The re Thou grow ness though kind and ious with with its ens; and heal Thy glor Lord good, dwell'st deep dim; bell I forts tient, flee, ery left and a ev pa round com I as for ing, Thee, plea? free. see; for mil and oth hast Thou Tears Fa Change all iar, de er When not des me, a in ers oft heart cend all fail left con cay help woes, with with with me. with with a thus a a a bide bide bide bide bide me. me. me. me. who the to Friend not Thou of On Come, Come O Help O ners, journ, gest less, but Lord, and of not, O chan help the to sin so close, Henry F. Lyte, 1847 TOULON 10.10.10.10 Genevan Psalter, 1551

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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