Abide With Me | Henry F. Lyte, William H. Monk | A Cappella/SATB Hymn

Lyricist: Henry F. Lyte
Composer: William H. Monk
Henry F. Lyte (1793-1847) wrote this text on 25 August 1847 in a letter sent to family friend Eleanora J. Bolton. He died 2 months later on 20 November. First printed in a leaflet in 1847, the text was published posthumously in Lyte's Remains (1850). William H. Monk (1823-1889), wrote the tune for this text for the first edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern (1861)
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~Lyrics~
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. I need Thy presence ev’ry passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?
Who like Thyself my Guide and stay can be?
Thru cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!
4. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine thru 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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