Abide with me

Fast falls the Eventide

The darkness thickens

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

O 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 then thy cross before my closing eyes

Speak 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

In life in death O Lord

Abide with me