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ABIDE WITH ME 
 
 HENRY FRANCIS LYTE. 
 
 
 DESIGNS BY MISS Li B. HUMPHREY. 
 
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 fcear fruit of itself, except it abioe fa tlje nine; no 
 more can g£, except ge abioe tn me. — John xv. 4. 
 
BIDE with me! 
 
 Fast falls the even-tide ; 
 A s- firm, 
 
 The darkness deepens ; 
 Lord, with me abide ! 
 
HEN other help- 
 
 ers fail, and comforts 
 
 Help of the helpless, 
 
iWIFT to its close ebbs out life's 
 little day, 
 Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away. 
 
in all around I see; 
 O Thou who changest not, 
 abide with me! 
 
,0T a brief glance I beg, a pass- 
 ing word, 
 
 But, as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, 
 Lord, 
 
 Familiar, condescending, patient, free, — 
 
Come, not to sojourn, 
 
 but abide, with me ! 
 
as the King of kings ; 
 
 But kind and good, with 
 
 healing in Thy wings ; 
 
 a heart for every plea ; 
 
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide 
 with me ! 
 
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 HOU on my 
 
 head in early 
 
 youth didst smile; 
 
 And though rebellious 
 
 and perverse meanwhile, 
 
 Thou hast not left me, 
 
 oft as I left Thee. 
 
 On to the close, 
 
 O Lord, abide 
 
 with me! jb 
 
? NEED Thy presence every pass- 
 ing- hour : 
 
Through cloud and sunshine, O, abide with 
 me ! 
 
FEAR no foe, with Thee at hand 
 to bless : 
 Ills have no weight, and tears 
 no bitterness : 
 
HERE 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 ! 
 I Heaven's morning breaks, and 
 earth's vain shadows flee ; 
 In life and death, O Lord, abide with me ! 
 
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