Abide with me: fast falls the eventide

		

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10s. 1 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! 2 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? Thro’ cloud and sunshine, Oh, abide with me! 3 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! 4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness; Where, death, thy sting? where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still if Thou abide with me.