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! Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day. This world grows dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see. O thou who changest not, abide with me! Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word, But as thou dwelldst with thy disciples, lord, Familiar, condescending, patient, free, Come, not to sojourn, but abide with me. Come not with terrors, O thou king of kings, But full of grace, with healing in thy wings, Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea! Come, friend of sinners, and abide with me! I need thy presence every passing hour. What but thy grace can foil delusion's pow'r? 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 thou thy cross before my closing eyes! Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies! Eternal morning breaks. Vain shadows flee. In life, in death O lord, abide with me!