Abide With Me

	  		
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A-bide 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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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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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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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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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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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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I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless  
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I 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 a - bide with me  
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Hold thou thy cross be-fore 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