Abide with me
(capo 3rd)
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1. 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, oh, abide with me !
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2. I need thy presence every passing hour !
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What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?
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Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
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Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me !
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3. Swift to it's close ebbs out life's little day.
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Earth's joys grow dim, it's glories pass away.
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Change and decay in all around I see.
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O Thou who changest not, abide with me !
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4. Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word.
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But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
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Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
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Come not to sojourn, but abide with me !
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5. Come not in terror, as the King of kings,
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But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings.
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Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea.
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Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me !
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6. Thou on my head in every youth didst smile.
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And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
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Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee.
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On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.
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7. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless.
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Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
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Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
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I triumph still, if thou abide with me!
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8. Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes.
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Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
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Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee.
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In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me !
