I am going through the toughest period of my life, one that only God can bring me out of, this song speaks to my soul, help of the helpless, I am strengthened by this hymn and I boldly say God will see me through and bring me out a much better person to be used for His will Amen.
Why do so many people think this is a 'death hymn' only? It's a beautiful, powerful song that speaks of hope and everlasting rest from the unimaginable pain and disenchantment of this world
True, enough - it's an excellent point. For those who are terminally suffering the physical death of their bodies, being called home is the only way that happens, and this hymn has clearly proved to be a comfort to those who bore witness to that suffering and pain.
That's the most proud statement of all. "O Thou who changest not, abide with me" Reminding us of who God really is. Thank you God Almighty for being the ruler of our lives.
Until we realize that we are nothing without Christ, there will no peace for man. We need to get to that point where all you need is Jesus Christ. And I mean all. Matthew 6:33. Lean not on your understanding. Depend wholly on Christ. And I have seen this work for me. Am still yet to go deeper. Am a Christian but I yearn for more and more. To be with Christ everyday, everywhere I go. That's my heart satisfaction. That's why I was made
I remember singing this hymn at school I attended. At the time the words were lost on me. Years later, when I was serving in the military, I heard this song again. And this time I understood every word. When everything seems to fail and the world seems so cold, this song gives you inner strength like no other.
My 68 year-old mother was just diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, one that affects fewer than 1000 people a year. As we await a treatment plan and learn whether or not it has spread, I’m using this song to give me strength. I’ve never been the most religious person but I need some faith right now. Please, God or whoever, let her and our family persevere.
Greetings treasure white My name is Karl.I was just reading your comment on the Song "Abide with Me".This song was played (without the words sung)at a Funeral Home where my Father was laid 2 years ago.I never knew the words until sometime later.I also tear up when I listen to this Song. R.I.P. to my late Father.Thank you for the comment.
My condolences my friend. With your permissionI shall pray for your sister's soul and that she makes a safe and glorious journey to be with our beloved god.
This along with Jerusalem was my mums favourite two hymns and it still makes me cry when I hear them although it's been 18yrs I still love her and miss her dearly ❤️❤️
This was played at my uncles funeral today. As we walked in. I was the first person to walk in. I saw his coffin. It all became so real. I’ll never listen to this the same way. Rest in peace uncle Richard. I’ll never forget you. 🖤
I am going through a difficult breakup. This hymn gives me strength to keep going even on the days where I can’t feel like it. I know the lord has bigger plans for me and I take comfort knowing that his plan for me will be fulfilled one day.
My childhood best friend Caleb passed away March 2nd 2017. We sang this song at his funeral, and I've found myself regularly coming back to it since. It reminds me both of God's faithfulness and of the time I did have with Caleb. He only lived eighteen years but I will remember him much longer
This was played at my Grand fathers's funeral in 1998, I was 23 years old and I am not ashamed to say that I wept, 20 years later and now at the age of 43 I wept again on hearing this. God bless you Granddad - I still miss you and Nan.
Beautiful hymn. It is sung gracefully. It is full of faith and trust in God. Especially for a old lady like me who is far away from her church community and family, lonely craving for God's grace and blessing and this is the only way I can commune with God through such hymns.
I first hear this hymn at the 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley and was taken by it's powerful words it touched my heart and made me feel proud .It was being sung by most of the 100,000 football supporters which made Wembley feel so alive and so for evermore has become one of my favourite songs.It is the FA Cup song and is alway sung before the game kicks off.
Is Death really bad ? An old body moves on leaving new young children to come and enjoy this beautiful world. My children and grand-children will take over when I leave. I hope I have taught them to value the beauty in Nature, and to realise that 'Kindness' is the key to all Human Relationships. I thank my Creator for the time he has given me so far, and for my loving wife and children.
In not all ways an old body though I plenty of younger people who have died. My first baby baby was stillborn. I also some teenagers who have and had this song at their funerals.itsnt old people that die. This was written Mr Lyte close to his own on his own struggles with illness in my old parish church brixham Devon
If there was nothing bad about death, people wouldn't abhor the idea that everyone and everything will crumble to dust and fall into oblivion forever. It's just wrong. You say your children will take over, but at some point that will crumble as well. But God's will is not for us to perish but to have eternal life. Human beings are not disposable to him. That's why he sent his son, Jesus, to overcome death for us, so we may be reconciled to his eternal nature!
This song has been in my head since the Remembrance Day Service this morning. It seems that it means a little more to me with each passing year. I imagine soldiers in the trenches amid the stench of death. Cold. Hungry. Scared. Shell-shocked. Wounded. ...Lonely... I can not begin to thank you for your sacrifice. I pray there is a special place in Heaven for those that have served and paid the ultimate price. "Greater love hath no man than this... That a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
Fear not because fear is "False Evidence Appearing Real" and comes from our adversary, the devil "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7)
Just returned from my mother’s funeral. She was an amazing singer in her day and loved her Lord Jesus. Wish we had had this song at her funeral. It’s just so perfect.
This hymn was sung at my Grandparents funerals, I listen to it often to remember them. I remember listening to my Grandfather humming it. It puts a smile on my face everytime I hear it.
RIP Your majesty. Eternal rest and bliss awaits those who like her truly lived, loved and knew our maker. May almighty God continue to cover her with his glory as she makes that final journey
God allows these things to persist for a time to remind us there is no peace but in Christ, for through faith in Him even though we die we may live forever. Indeed the very heavens and the earth wax old like a garment and as a vesture God shall change them and make a new heaven and a new earth and a new Jerusalem where the lion and calf shall lie down together in peace. Yet beware: God shall judge "the people of this world." Yet you are of the people of this world. How then must you be saved from the judgement to come? _He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him._ (John 3:36)
Not going to happen, because firstly the people dying due to politics and differences of opinion are frequently engaged in life or death struggles to stay alive. Eg Christians and Democrats are fighting islamists and Totalitarians (frequently the democrats are also islamists) in Syria. Humans are a fallen race, we murder, pillage,burn and destroy. Hence the saving message of the Lord,hence the Divine Sacrifice, hence the title “Angus Dei” Lamb of God.
I was informed on Monday last that an old friend of some fifty years, had passed away on the 4th of September after several years of indifferent health. Today would have been his 66th birthday. By sheer chance I have hit upon this page and this glorious singing and it has reduced me to tears. RIP Pierre, may God take you into His keeping.
I am not what you would call a typically proud Englishman. But when it comes to stuff like this, this is where we excel. In this song not only do you get the feeling of extreme pain, but the optimism of life ever after, having faith in God that you will go to him, but i also get a feeling of extreme repentence.
I don't know what this has to do with being English though? Yes, the tune was written by an English man but is not about England! The Lyrics was written by a Scottish minister that visited someone dying in Waxford, Ireland. It is a Christian song so I don't know how the Bloody hell you get English nationalism from all that. Nationalism is a disease to the world.
I am myself an atheist, but this song to me is iconic due to it use in the Battle of Arnhem. As a hotel converted into a hospital fell to the Germans on the 24th September 1944, a Dutch minister asked their SS captors if he could perform a service for the men- they refused. In defiance, he led the hundreds of wounded British parachutists lying on the floor of the Hotel in a rendition of this.'Fast falls the eventide'- how appropriate.
I pray God use this song in your life until you comprehend with the saints the lyric, _Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;_ _Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies;_ I also once denied God's existence, yet through visiting places like Lake Titicaca and seeing creation, through learning of the logic embedded in the universe in math and science class, I could no longer convince myself of such things. God loved you so much that while you deny His existence He sent His Son Jesus to die on a cross that if you put your faith in Him you should be forgiven all your sin and be gifted eternal life. Since all in earth decays and is destroyed, living for anything other than God and His eternal kingdom (family, money, fame, joy in any earthly thing) is vain. Thus the verse fittingly ends, _Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;_ _In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me._
@@j_eb230 operation market garden was doomed to fail from the beginning. Sending your entire force down a 1 lane road under enemy fire and hoping and praying they don't blow the bridges is a strategy only an arrogant fool could come up with. The plan was Montgomery's pet project, so no one wanted to rain on his parade (well, except patton) and Eisenhower only chose Montgomery's plan over Patton's because of politics.
nathan to call fieldmarshall montgomerry an arrogant fool is a disgrace general patton made many fool hardy desicions himself at metz and in scicillay and had the exact same ammount of arrogance these were men under enornous mounts of pressure especially monty who had been fighting the war long before patton got there with his home country being bombed to rubble evry night and were trying to finish the war as quickly as possible not only under pressure but very brave monty and patton both i think ike once sed the grey hairs on his head belonged to patton thru his sheer bloody mindedness we cant imagine wot it took for those 2 men and the heros who fought in ww2 to achieve wot thy did so i would think before calling them arrogant fools
Good to enjoy d song. Better to know d Saviour. Song will stir your soul but d Saviour will save your soul. Song does passing good. Saviour does lasting good.
Every day I am dying to the flesh. Abiding in Christ who is the vine is the only way that I as a branch will bear fruit. JESUS SAID I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. A BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF EXCEPT IT ABIDES IN THE VINE. This beautiful hymn is truly an inspiration to me. Thanks for sharing.
No matter how many times I hear this song, it wells me up with tears. It’s just so beautiful and is so much a classic hymn in the world. 🌈🙏🏻RIP to our loved ones long gone
It does the same for me but I rejoice in the knowledge that with my eventual passing from this fallen and corrupted world of ours that I will be living in eternity with my Lord and Savior Jesus. The body may return to dust but the soul lives on forever and goes to a place more glorious than our feeble mind can even imagine.
This was my dad's favourite hymn and the one thing I insisted was played at his funeral. He died suddenly when he was 55 and I was 19. He wasn't particularly religious and nor am I, but there is something intrinsically beautiful and poignant about this song nevertheless. It has a comforting quality like no other.
We have the very DNA of God coursing thru our veins. Perhaps the words/visions articulated with the song resonated with that DNA. Perhaps a subtle reminder to seek God while you can?? My condolences on the loss of your father.
Due to Covid-19 our church was going to be closed for a while and we sang this song in the last evening service as a closing song. It really melt our heart.
In the true remembrance that Christ the Lord does Abide daily, in our endeavors, in our life, in our sleep and promised where two or more are gathered in my name there shall I be among you. This beautiful hymn is one of my favorites.
When I hear this hymn I always close my eyes and start to sob mainly it reminds me of the sheer slaughter of the first world war and the sacrifice made by our soldiers not just in the first world war but in all conflicts past and present. One quote for me personally in this hymn that hits home is "the darkness deepens". We live in a world that's torn apart I pray mainly at this time for the people of Ukraine as they continue the resistance and war against Russia hopeing that God will deliver them safely.
This was played at my dad's cremation. He died on my birthday and was so brave and strong at the end. His last words were Happy Birthday. I miss him so much, 2 years on and it breaks my heart
This is it. This is the meaning of life, the purpose of everything: to glorify God because He is deserving of it and to abide in Him. There is nothing else and nothing better.
It's been nearly 6 years since my Nan passed away. We played this hymn at her funeral. Every time I hear it I think of her and start to cry. I miss her so much x
This song played at the opening of my Nana's funeral. She was the best mother figure I could wish for, closer to me than my actual mother. I miss you Nana, 1950-2016
This powerful timeless hymn puts life in true perspective🙏 The words are truly inspiring especially at a time when so many are consumed with fear and can’t see through the propaganda🙏
I always feel emotional listening to this beautiful hymn. Thinking about all the fathers and sons who died alone in the war. "Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me Abide with me, abide with me." Always gets me.
You can’t give up. It’s like suicide. You’ll never find the answer if you give up. You have to keep moving forward in the hope that one day the answer will come to you.
Thank you for your service Laura. In wwl my grandfather's unit would sing this before going into battle. It was his favourite hymn.he came back Physically and mentally wounded , for all who have served, do serve and will serve God bless you all.
Agreed , So much death and torment for such a vast majority of the population, We humans destroy everything , you only have to look at what we do to animals by the billions torture all round . Peace
We sang this today at the ANZAC service. Sorry for all the soldiers that died and kingdom come as we leave faith in your kindness to fight for our country. The soldiers came to be there for us. Sorry Turkey, 🇹🇷 . Australia, 🇦🇺. and Newzealand. 🇳🇿 We are all sad you died. May Jesus and God pray for you and be happy in heaven with you. Amen. ANZAC stands for: Australia Newzealand Army Corp. but we say it like core but its spelt like corp :) Thank you again for soldiers to save us. A girl who lied about her being 17 or 18 was actually 12 and she came to war and she said “this isnt a place for games and silliness. Whats wrong with me” and she died. poor girl.
The most moving piece ever. Always take me so many so many years back. RIP Chief Jack and Ma Hepsi. **You are always and will for ever be in our prayers.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (February 14, Lent 1), we sang this as the Hymn of the Day. It is #629 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
I think this is perhaps the 2nd most used hymn in the world. It is found in just about every church hymnal. The first hymn being Amazing Grace. But, this hymn done by The Kings College Choir is the most beautiful. It is sung with Reverence, and to a Holy God who is our Father.
Thank you so much for this song!..... I woke up singing it and just hit on it through RUclips! I was just facing a heavy day...but encouraged by the Lord! Lord Abide with me- I am reminded of your fresh grace everyday. I am reminded of how the human being is just fickle , as grass, there today, and gone tomorrow. Lord who changes not...teach us to number our days so that we may gain a heart of wisdom! Mum I miss you so much! I thank the Lord that you are rested in heaven, as you minister to the Lord in heaven!
This hymn made me go through the greatest ordeal of my life for 6+ years when my beloved person suffered strokes after strokes and finally left for his Eternal Father's Home.Hearing this hymn and the hymn Old Rugged Cross soothed my mind and soul when he slept. After he left I added the great hymn of mine God of Mercy and compassion.🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🌷😌
Yesterday we got the news that my aunt (my grandmas sister) passed away after a brief battle with bowel cancer. Due to Covid I will be unable to attend her funeral. I can hope that she is buried next to her beloved late husband so I can pay my respects in due course. In the meantime I take great comfort to know she is with her Lord and Saviour. She was a lovely woman who showed true Christian values. When my mother made a wrong turn and she didn’t condemn or scold but simply said we cannot change the past we can move on and as a result she accepted my mums mistake and didn’t condemn me for being born out of that mistake she just accepted that I was still a child of god. She also supported me in my faith journey and I’m proud to have known her for nearly 1/3 of her life and hopefully a 1/3 of mine. This song is always played in family funerals to remind us of the fact it is to our father we return.
My favourite hymn. Very thankful for this hymn in times of need. A reminder and plea for God to be in my life and how much we need Him! He is faithful and good!
Came from a Bridge Too Far, in the end the British Soldiers weren’t able to be saved, as they were surrounded by germans, all wounded and had no supplies. They huddled and sang this song outside while the germans walked towards them to take them all prisoner.
I am going through the toughest period of my life, one that only God can bring me out of, this song speaks to my soul, help of the helpless, I am strengthened by this hymn and I boldly say God will see me through and bring me out a much better person to be used for His will Amen.
Get saved dear... Life's greatest need done. Rest is passe...
You are in my prayers.
Amen
Get chrissed
God bless you xx
I am going through a financial crisis and only God can get me out of this mess. This hymn lifts my spirit.
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Why do so many people think this is a 'death hymn' only? It's a beautiful, powerful song that speaks of hope and everlasting rest from the unimaginable pain and disenchantment of this world
Yes
Yes brainwashed.
True, enough - it's an excellent point.
For those who are terminally suffering the physical death of their bodies, being called home is the only way that happens, and this hymn has clearly proved to be a comfort to those who bore witness to that suffering and pain.
Yes , Amen .
Because everyone has it at their funerals 😅
This hymn was sung for daddy's and mummy's funeral. This hymn always makes me cry.
Miss you dad. Miss you mum.
Me mum passed away also. I get it too. Prayers for strength
You do miss them but keep them alive on your thoughts
I can never get passed it : " Oh, thou who changest not..." What a truly wonderful God we have in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
AMEN
That's the most proud statement of all. "O Thou who changest not, abide with me" Reminding us of who God really is. Thank you God Almighty for being the ruler of our lives.
What strong words in these times.
@@RavasClavas God does not exist
God does not exist
Until we realize that we are nothing without Christ, there will no peace for man. We need to get to that point where all you need is Jesus Christ. And I mean all. Matthew 6:33. Lean not on your understanding. Depend wholly on Christ. And I have seen this work for me. Am still yet to go deeper. Am a Christian but I yearn for more and more. To be with Christ everyday, everywhere I go. That's my heart satisfaction. That's why I was made
I remember singing this hymn at school I attended. At the time the words were lost on me. Years later, when I was serving in the military, I heard this song again. And this time I understood every word. When everything seems to fail and the world seems so cold, this song gives you inner strength like no other.
My 68 year-old mother was just diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, one that affects fewer than 1000 people a year. As we await a treatment plan and learn whether or not it has spread, I’m using this song to give me strength. I’ve never been the most religious person but I need some faith right now. Please, God or whoever, let her and our family persevere.
❤️
Hi. I lost my mum a few weeks ago to pancreatic cancer. This hymn gives me some peace. I hope you are ok.
This song means everything to me. It comforts me so much and reminds me that my Heavenly Father is always there for me.
When ever i listen to this song i start crying this song was sUng for my sisters funeral who passed away 3 months back love you sister RIP
Greetings treasure white
My name is Karl.I was just reading your comment on the Song "Abide with Me".This song was played (without the words sung)at a Funeral Home where my Father was laid 2 years ago.I never knew the words until sometime later.I also tear up when I listen to this Song. R.I.P. to my late Father.Thank you for the comment.
@@aadiltariq6294 my sister passed away in February 2018
My mother passed away on january 16 2020 so sad
now I THINK MY TWO SISTERS WHO PASSES AWAY IN SAME DAY...ONLY THIS SONG FILLS MY HEART.
My condolences my friend. With your permissionI shall pray for your sister's soul and that she makes a safe and glorious journey to be with our beloved god.
Since my husband was recently diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer, this song has taken on special meaning for us.
This along with Jerusalem was my mums favourite two hymns and it still makes me cry when I hear them although it's been 18yrs I still love her and miss her dearly ❤️❤️
My Mother passed away this past Sunday (Mother's Day). I dedicate this for her and my father who will be resting together.
This song helps me to understand the deep meaning of my life
This hymn really touches one's soul. I can't help but believe the Holy Spirit was the inspiration of its lyrics.
Amen
This was played at my uncles funeral today. As we walked in. I was the first person to walk in. I saw his coffin. It all became so real. I’ll never listen to this the same way. Rest in peace uncle Richard. I’ll never forget you. 🖤
Bless you
Bless you it was played friend kims funeral on midsummer's day
I am going through a difficult breakup. This hymn gives me strength to keep going even on the days where I can’t feel like it. I know the lord has bigger plans for me and I take comfort knowing that his plan for me will be fulfilled one day.
Keep Strong Andrew
My childhood best friend Caleb passed away March 2nd 2017. We sang this song at his funeral, and I've found myself regularly coming back to it since. It reminds me both of God's faithfulness and of the time I did have with Caleb. He only lived eighteen years but I will remember him much longer
This was played at my Grand fathers's funeral in 1998, I was 23 years old and I am not ashamed to say that I wept, 20 years later and now at the age of 43 I wept again on hearing this. God bless you Granddad - I still miss you and Nan.
Never be ashamed of showing emotion, it's what makes us human.
This song shall not only be played in my funeral but my wedding too. It is my favorite hymn
So said, so done?
@@countryman_876 haha
*favoUrite
Beautiful hymn. It is sung gracefully. It is full of faith and trust in God. Especially for a old lady like me who is far away from her church community and family, lonely craving for God's grace and blessing and this is the only way I can commune with God through such hymns.
I first hear this hymn at the 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley and was taken by it's powerful words it touched my heart and made me feel proud .It was being sung by most of the 100,000 football supporters which made Wembley feel so alive and so for evermore has become one of my favourite songs.It is the FA Cup song and is alway sung before the game kicks off.
Is Death really bad ? An old body moves on leaving new young children to come and enjoy this beautiful world. My children and grand-children will take over when I leave. I hope I have taught them to value the beauty in Nature, and to realise that 'Kindness' is the key to all Human Relationships. I thank my Creator for the time he has given me so far, and for my loving wife and children.
Very well said!
The pain of death is inevitable
In not all ways an old body though I plenty of younger people who have died. My first baby baby was stillborn. I also some teenagers who have and had this song at their funerals.itsnt old people that die. This was written Mr Lyte close to his own on his own struggles with illness in my old parish church brixham Devon
Yeah and everyone get reborn
If there was nothing bad about death, people wouldn't abhor the idea that everyone and everything will crumble to dust and fall into oblivion forever. It's just wrong. You say your children will take over, but at some point that will crumble as well. But God's will is not for us to perish but to have eternal life. Human beings are not disposable to him. That's why he sent his son, Jesus, to overcome death for us, so we may be reconciled to his eternal nature!
This song has been in my head since the Remembrance Day Service this morning. It seems that it means a little more to me with each passing year. I imagine soldiers in the trenches amid the stench of death. Cold. Hungry. Scared. Shell-shocked. Wounded. ...Lonely... I can not begin to thank you for your sacrifice. I pray there is a special place in Heaven for those that have served and paid the ultimate price. "Greater love hath no man than this... That a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
The song help me to overcome fear.
God bless you brother! Colour of skin is irrelevant for our blood is the same.
God keep you, and care for you always.
When the Supreme Lord is with you why fear.
Fear not because fear is "False Evidence Appearing Real" and comes from our adversary, the devil "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7)
This hymn helps me to cope up with my Fears and Anxiety.
Just returned from my mother’s funeral. She was an amazing singer in her day and loved her Lord Jesus. Wish we had had this song at her funeral. It’s just so perfect.
I had Abide With Me and Amazing Grace played at my sister's funeral. I am not religious, but these 2 hymns have an incredible effect on me.
I need thy presence every passing hour, please Lord in my time of distress abide with me 🙏🙏🙏
This hymn was sung at my Grandparents funerals, I listen to it often to remember them. I remember listening to my Grandfather humming it. It puts a smile on my face everytime I hear it.
RIP Your majesty. Eternal rest and bliss awaits those who like her truly lived, loved and knew our maker. May almighty God continue to cover her with his glory as she makes that final journey
Even as an atheist, I still think this is a beautiful piece of music.
You don't say? lol
My father passed away a few days ago... this hymn helps me believe in the Resurrection ...
I wish the people of this world could all live in peace. No more pointless killing over differences of opinion, faith or politics.
yeah well never gonna happen
Behold, I will make all thing new.
God allows these things to persist for a time to remind us there is no peace but in Christ, for through faith in Him even though we die we may live forever. Indeed the very heavens and the earth wax old like a garment and as a vesture God shall change them and make a new heaven and a new earth and a new Jerusalem where the lion and calf shall lie down together in peace.
Yet beware: God shall judge "the people of this world." Yet you are of the people of this world. How then must you be saved from the judgement to come?
_He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him._
(John 3:36)
Spotted the 12 yr old.
Not going to happen, because firstly the people dying due to politics and differences of opinion are frequently engaged in life or death struggles to stay alive. Eg Christians and Democrats are fighting islamists and Totalitarians (frequently the democrats are also islamists) in Syria. Humans are a fallen race, we murder, pillage,burn and destroy. Hence the saving message of the Lord,hence the Divine Sacrifice, hence the title “Angus Dei” Lamb of God.
My grandpa's favorite Lutheran hymn. May his soul rest in peace. miss him dearly. Abide with me Lord!
I was informed on Monday last that an old friend of some fifty years, had passed away on the 4th of September after several years of indifferent health. Today would have been his 66th birthday. By sheer chance I have hit upon this page and this glorious singing and it has reduced me to tears. RIP Pierre, may God take you into His keeping.
Very good
So sorry for your loss. 😢
God bless you and your old friend.
Grandma loved this hymn and it was sung at her funeral. I hear it now and
think of her.
I am not what you would call a typically proud Englishman.
But when it comes to stuff like this, this is where we excel.
In this song not only do you get the feeling of extreme pain, but the optimism of life ever after, having faith in God that you will go to him, but i also get a feeling of extreme repentence.
Henry Lyte was a Scotsman!
Brian Lorne we excel in choir singing
Oh what a friend we have in Jesus..... an Irish man.....
I don't know what this has to do with being English though? Yes, the tune was written by an English man but is not about England! The Lyrics was written by a Scottish minister that visited someone dying in Waxford, Ireland. It is a Christian song so I don't know how the Bloody hell you get English nationalism from all that.
Nationalism is a disease to the world.
Beautiful. Just what I need right now. Thankyou & Thank the Lord.
missing my dear dad every time I listen to this hymn :(
May God ease your pain, and hold you in peace knowing that he waits for you
We had this at my uncle's funeral. He was a football fan and we felt it appropriate
Beautiful rest in peace my darling David tomorrow 😢 God's bless u my sweetheart you will always be in my heart ❤️
I am myself an atheist, but this song to me is iconic due to it use in the Battle of Arnhem. As a hotel converted into a hospital fell to the Germans on the 24th September 1944, a Dutch minister asked their SS captors if he could perform a service for the men- they refused. In defiance, he led the hundreds of wounded British parachutists lying on the floor of the Hotel in a rendition of this.'Fast falls the eventide'- how appropriate.
I pray God use this song in your life until you comprehend with the saints the lyric,
_Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;_
_Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies;_
I also once denied God's existence, yet through visiting places like Lake Titicaca and seeing creation, through learning of the logic embedded in the universe in math and science class, I could no longer convince myself of such things.
God loved you so much that while you deny His existence He sent His Son Jesus to die on a cross that if you put your faith in Him you should be forgiven all your sin and be gifted eternal life. Since all in earth decays and is destroyed, living for anything other than God and His eternal kingdom (family, money, fame, joy in any earthly thing) is vain.
Thus the verse fittingly ends,
_Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;_
_In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me._
@Steve Ala It could've worked if the logistics had been sorted out properly.
@@j_eb230 operation market garden was doomed to fail from the beginning. Sending your entire force down a 1 lane road under enemy fire and hoping and praying they don't blow the bridges is a strategy only an arrogant fool could come up with. The plan was Montgomery's pet project, so no one wanted to rain on his parade (well, except patton) and Eisenhower only chose Montgomery's plan over Patton's because of politics.
nathan to call fieldmarshall montgomerry an arrogant fool is a disgrace general patton made many fool hardy desicions himself at metz and in scicillay and had the exact same ammount of arrogance these were men under enornous mounts of pressure especially monty who had been fighting the war long before patton got there with his home country being bombed to rubble evry night and were trying to finish the war as quickly as possible not only under pressure but very brave monty and patton both i think ike once sed the grey hairs on his head belonged to patton thru his sheer bloody mindedness we cant imagine wot it took for those 2 men and the heros who fought in ww2 to achieve wot thy did so i would think before calling them arrogant fools
Good to enjoy d song. Better to know d Saviour. Song will stir your soul but d Saviour will save your soul. Song does passing good. Saviour does lasting good.
Oh Lord, abide with me now and always. I need your presence and a manifestation of your glory. Abide with me.
A great hymn to give me courage and support today in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
I sincerely hope it still is🇦🇺
Bless you
Every day I am dying to the flesh. Abiding in Christ who is the vine is the only way that I as a branch will bear fruit. JESUS SAID I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. A BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF EXCEPT IT ABIDES IN THE VINE. This beautiful hymn is truly an inspiration to me. Thanks for sharing.
No matter how many times I hear this song, it wells me up with tears. It’s just so beautiful and is so much a classic hymn in the world.
🌈🙏🏻RIP to our loved ones long gone
It does the same for me but I rejoice in the knowledge that with my eventual passing from this fallen and corrupted world of ours that I will be living in eternity with my Lord and Savior Jesus. The body may return to dust but the soul lives on forever and goes to a place more glorious than our feeble mind can even imagine.
This was my dad's favourite hymn and the one thing I insisted was played at his funeral. He died suddenly when he was 55 and I was 19. He wasn't particularly religious and nor am I, but there is something intrinsically beautiful and poignant about this song nevertheless. It has a comforting quality like no other.
Thank you for your comment. It resonates with my thoughts about this great hymn.
I agree with you. This song is deep and profound.
We have the very DNA of God coursing thru our veins. Perhaps the words/visions articulated with the song resonated with that DNA. Perhaps a subtle reminder to seek God while you can??
My condolences on the loss of your father.
god bless you, your father, and the rest of your family.
We also have with a Danish text. It says:" You, helper of the helpless, by near to me."
Abide in Christ , trusting him to finish His work in our lives 🙏
The greatest hymn of them all: Where is death's sting where grave thy victory, I triumph still is thou Abide with me.
Due to Covid-19 our church was going to be closed for a while and we sang this song in the last evening service as a closing song. It really melt our heart.
In the true remembrance that Christ the Lord does Abide daily, in our endeavors, in our life, in our sleep and promised where two or more are gathered in my name there shall I be among you. This beautiful hymn is one of my favorites.
When I hear this hymn I always close my eyes and start to sob mainly it reminds me of the sheer slaughter of the first world war and the sacrifice made by our soldiers not just in the first world war but in all conflicts past and present. One quote for me personally in this hymn that hits home is "the darkness deepens". We live in a world that's torn apart
I pray mainly at this time for the people of Ukraine as they continue the resistance and war against Russia hopeing that God will deliver them safely.
Amen to that Gaming
I cry like a river. Why, I just Don't know, I'm 54.
Give all your cares to Jesus,, for he Loves you.
This is old, but I really have a hard time believing you are 56.
I believe it is the power of God embedded in this song and also His presence. It is so calming and can make one emotional.
Its a lump in the throat song
This was played at my dad's cremation. He died on my birthday and was so brave and strong at the end. His last words were Happy Birthday. I miss him so much, 2 years on and it breaks my heart
This is it. This is the meaning of life, the purpose of everything: to glorify God because He is deserving of it and to abide in Him. There is nothing else and nothing better.
Wonderful hymn 🙏🙏Love to hear again n again. Makes me feel very close to God and grants new strength n peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's been nearly 6 years since my Nan passed away. We played this hymn at her funeral. Every time I hear it I think of her and start to cry. I miss her so much x
We played this at my grandfather funeral 💔😔😞😢😪 miss he dearly
This song played at the opening of my Nana's funeral. She was the best mother figure I could wish for, closer to me than my actual mother. I miss you Nana, 1950-2016
a great song, miss you dad, thinking of you.
Holy Holy holy is the Lord Almighty who is and is to come. John 3:16
This powerful timeless hymn puts life in true perspective🙏
The words are truly inspiring especially at a time when so many are consumed with fear and can’t see through the propaganda🙏
One of the most powerful hymns....... when you think all hope is gone, their is still a Father, abide in me........Halleluyah
In rememberance of my friend Haakon that died too early. Miss you.
My mother is going through bowel cancer , and it's breaking my ❤️.
Praying for you.
Very deep, encouraging, inspiring lyrics. Lord abide with me 🙏
I always feel emotional listening to this beautiful hymn. Thinking about all the fathers and sons who died alone in the war.
"Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me
Abide with me, abide with me." Always gets me.
You can’t give up. It’s like suicide. You’ll never find the answer if you give up. You have to keep moving forward in the hope that one day the answer will come to you.
Thankyou for the positive message 👍🏴
As an ex sergeant this was the song I got my unit to sing before we went out on patrol
Always makes me think of a mucker I lost in NI
Police or Army?
@@kieranheathcote7655 more than likely military.
Thank you for your service Laura. In wwl my grandfather's unit would sing this before going into battle. It was his favourite hymn.he came back Physically and mentally wounded , for all who have served, do serve and will serve God bless you all.
@@stephenbowler165 Thank you both Stephen.
My very favorite song, and this is one of the best performances of it I've heard - listen to it over and over.
Agreed ,
So much death and torment for such a vast majority of the population,
We humans destroy everything , you only have to look at what we do to animals by the billions torture all round .
Peace
Reminds me of my Dad, a great loving person always brings me to tear when I hear this sung
Absolutely beautiful hymn.
We sang this today at the ANZAC service. Sorry for all the soldiers that died and kingdom come as we leave faith in your kindness to fight for our country. The soldiers came to be there for us. Sorry Turkey, 🇹🇷 . Australia, 🇦🇺. and Newzealand. 🇳🇿 We are all sad you died. May Jesus and God pray for you and be happy in heaven with you. Amen. ANZAC stands for: Australia Newzealand Army Corp. but we say it like core but its spelt like corp :) Thank you again for soldiers to save us. A girl who lied about her being 17 or 18 was actually 12 and she came to war and she said “this isnt a place for games and silliness. Whats wrong with me” and she died. poor girl.
Such a great piece and its truly an inspiration from God. All Thanks to God for such inspiration :)
Oh Lord stay.
Abide with me my Saviour.
It's a song of love and care. We love the goodness of our real friend, the Supreme Lord. And wish him with us always.
May God be with all.
For Sir David...a good man doing good deeds but who died too soon. RIP
The most moving piece ever.
Always take me so many so many years back. RIP Chief Jack and Ma Hepsi.
**You are always and will for ever be in our
prayers.
Not long to go now people , thank you Lord of Heaven and soon to Reign on Earth 🌍 ❤ Christ the King 👑💖 Amen .
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (February 14, Lent 1), we sang this as the Hymn of the Day. It is #629 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
I think this is perhaps the 2nd most used hymn in the world. It is found in just about every church hymnal. The first hymn being Amazing Grace. But, this hymn done by
The Kings College Choir is the most beautiful. It is sung with Reverence, and to a Holy God who is our Father.
Thank you so much for this song!..... I woke up singing it and just hit on it through RUclips! I was just facing a heavy day...but encouraged by the Lord!
Lord Abide with me- I am reminded of your fresh grace everyday. I am reminded of how the human being is just fickle , as grass, there today, and gone tomorrow. Lord who changes not...teach us to number our days so that we may gain a heart of wisdom! Mum I miss you so much! I thank the Lord that you are rested in heaven, as you minister to the Lord in heaven!
God is by our side all the time...even if we cannot see him.
Will miss this hymn in the Republic Day Parade this year.
2021 and this sing is still as powerful as ever❤️🙏
This hymn made me go through the greatest ordeal of my life for 6+ years when my beloved person suffered strokes after strokes and finally left for his Eternal Father's Home.Hearing this hymn and the hymn Old Rugged Cross soothed my mind and soul when he slept. After he left I added the great hymn of mine God of Mercy and compassion.🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🌷😌
' I need They presence every passing hour'
So stirring to my soul…😔🙏🏽
My grandfather died yesterday this was his favorite hymn as it was his mothers I miss him more than anything
We walk by faith not by sight be of good courage we are god's children 💗💓
Yesterday we got the news that my aunt (my grandmas sister) passed away after a brief battle with bowel cancer. Due to Covid I will be unable to attend her funeral. I can hope that she is buried next to her beloved late husband so I can pay my respects in due course. In the meantime I take great comfort to know she is with her Lord and Saviour. She was a lovely woman who showed true Christian values. When my mother made a wrong turn and she didn’t condemn or scold but simply said we cannot change the past we can move on and as a result she accepted my mums mistake and didn’t condemn me for being born out of that mistake she just accepted that I was still a child of god. She also supported me in my faith journey and I’m proud to have known her for nearly 1/3 of her life and hopefully a 1/3 of mine. This song is always played in family funerals to remind us of the fact it is to our father we return.
My favourite hymn. Very thankful for this hymn in times of need. A reminder and plea for God to be in my life and how much we need Him! He is faithful and good!
Probably the greatest hymn ever written - inspirational and comforting, with a wonderful tune. Timeless!
RIP Queen Elizabeth II
I awake sing this hymn about two days ago and this morning it came to me again
Truly beautiful hymn
I love Choral music. It brings so many people together. It’s coesive and harmonious.
Lord abide with us Today.ME.
Amen
Came from a Bridge Too Far, in the end the British Soldiers weren’t able to be saved, as they were surrounded by germans, all wounded and had no supplies. They huddled and sang this song outside while the germans walked towards them to take them all prisoner.
Tears well up my eyes whenever I listen to this hymn. May the Lord abide with his people forever.
My Grandfather Andrew Marmaduke who died saying his prayers over 20 yes ago..is safe in the arms of Jesus along with my father R.I.P dad n grandad.