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Eventide

Abide with me: fast falls the eventide

662

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

10 10. 10 10

Modality

E♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Henry Francis Lyte [1793-1847]

Composer

William Henry Monk [1823-1889]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Apr 21, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 26, 2019 10:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 08, 2017 11:30 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Sep 22, 2017 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on May 11, 2014 10:00 as the Choral Anthem at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

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.

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.