Misc Traditional - Abide With Me

abide with me

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abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
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the darkness deepens; lord with me abide .
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when other helpers fail and comforts flee ,
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help of the helpless , o abide with me .

swift to its close ebbs out lifes little day;
earths joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around i see;
o thou who changest not , abide with me .

i need thy presence every passing hour .
what but thy grace can foil the tempters power?
who , like thyself , my guide and stay can be?
through cloud and sunshine , lord , abide with me .

i fear no foe , with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight , and tears no bitterness .
where is deaths sting? where , grave , thy victory?
i triumph still , if thou abide with me .

hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
shine through the gloom and point me to the skies . heavens morning breaks , and earths
vain shadows flee; in life , in death , o lord , abide with me .

hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
shine through the gloom and point me to the skies . heavens morning breaks , and earths
vain shadows flee; in life , in death , o lord , abide with me .