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Friday, May 11, 2007

"Abide With Me." Henry F. Lyle.

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.

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.

I need Thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's 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 death's 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.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

Bunnygirl has posted the first line of this hymn in her new poem on her blog.
I love this hymn. It takes me back to being a ten year old and singing it at the end of an evening at the Girl Guides in the church of my childhood.
Beautiful memories of more carefree days.

5 Comments:

  • At 4:57 PM, Blogger Unknown said…

    Hi Gail, so glad that this brought back good memories. I fell in love with this hymn too when I was little and singing it in church. I just thought the music and the words so beautiful.Thanks for posting the whole thing.

     
  • At 3:44 AM, Blogger Masked Rabbit said…

    Sorry Gail, the above comment was from me but sent from my other half#s pc.Whoops

     
  • At 9:51 AM, Blogger A Captured Reflection said…

    This hymn is very emotive and has been on my mind a lot with the recent funerals I attended - not that it was even sung, but whenever I hear "Abide with me" I think of funerals now.

     
  • At 5:30 AM, Blogger AngelConradie said…

    beautiful- i haven't heard that in ages!

     
  • At 2:52 PM, Blogger Unknown said…

    Hi Gail,

    Thanks for the comment on my blog. And yes, I love that hymn you posted in this blog. One of the classics.

    Pax.
    Brandon
    http://thebenedictine.wordpress.com

     

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