LIFE IN CHRIST
419 Abide with Me
The Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you norforsake you. Deut. 31:6
1. A - bide with me! Fast falls the e ven tide. The dark- ness
2. Swift to its close ebbs out life'slit tle day. Earth's joys grow
3. 1 need Thy pres ence ev r y pass ing hour. What but Thy
4. 1 fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; lls have no
5. Hold Thou Thy cross be fore my clos- ing eyes; Shine thro' the
deep ens; Lord, with me a -bide! When oth er help - ers fail and
dim; its glo ries pass a -
way. Change and de - cay in all a
grace can foil the tempt-er's pow'r? Who, like Thy - self, my
guide and
weight, and tears no bit - ter ness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy
gloom, and point me to the skies. Heav'n's morn-ing breaks, and earth's vain
com -forts flee, Help of the help- less, oh, a bide with me!
me!
round I see; O Thou who chang-est not, a - bide with me!
stay can be? Thro' clouds and sun-shine, oh, a bide with -
me!
me!
vic -to ry? tri umph still if Thou a bide with me!
shad - ows flee! In life, in death, O Lord, a bide with me! A me
TEXT: Henry F. Lyte EVENTIDE
MUSIC: William H. Monk 10.10.10.10.
