Abide with me

1. A-bide with me, fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens, Lord, with me a-bide. When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, help of the helpless, oh, a - bide with me! 2. I need thy presence every passing hour! What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r? Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, oh, a - bide with me ! 3. Swift to it's close ebbs out life's little day. Earth's joys grow dim, it's glories pass a-way. Change and decay in all around I see. O Thou who changest not, a - bide with me ! 4. 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 a - bide with me! 5. Come not in terror, 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, thus a - bide with me! 6. Thou on my head in every 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, a - bide 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 a - bide with me! 8. Hold thou thy cross be-fore 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, a - bide with me!