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Abide with Me

EVENTIDE 10.10.10.10 E-flat majorBeginner

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SATB score for Abide with Me, tune EVENTIDE, in E-flat major tle didst of ing en smile; kings, word; day; tide; ly the a life’s the ev youth King pass lit on not a to bide its my in brief with 5. Thou 4. Come 3. Not 2. Swift 1. A in rors, I ebbs fast ear as beg, out falls glance head ter close me; a bide. verse in a mean Thy ples, pass me ci per ing dis ries with while, wings, Lord, way; and, but but earth’s the though kind as joys dark lious with with its ens; ness and heal Thy glo Lord, deep re and Thou grow dim; dwell’st bel good, com pa round I ev left ery tient, I forts as for ing, a and Thee. plea? free. see; flee, Thou tears not iar, de er fa hast for mil and oth change When all de me, a in ers oft heart scend all fail left woes, con cay help with with with with with bide bide bide bide bide me. me. me. me. me. to Friend not Thou of to the of On who the Come, Come O Help O not, O ners, journ, est less, a thus a a a Lord, and but close, sin so help chang 6. I need Thy presence every passing hour. What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 7. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. 8. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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  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.
  6. I need Thy presence every passing hour. What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
  7. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
  8. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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Words
Henry F. Lyte, 1847
Music
William H. Monk, 1861
Setting
Hymns Ancient and Modern, hymn 14, 1869