Abide With Me
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, oh, 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 ev'ry 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, Lord, abide with
me!
Music by
William
Henry Monk
with lyrics by
Henry
Francis Lyte, 1861
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra
and Chorus under direction of Ray Charles
Recorded
at Manhattan Center, New York
City
Produced by Charles
Grean
September 29, 1953
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