From Oremus Hymnal
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;
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 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 dark 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.
Historical Notes
Author
Henry Francis Lyte
Meter
10 10 10 10
Sound Files
Eventide,
Ellers,
Morecambe,
Old 124th
Other Comments
There are three additional verses which originally followed verse 2 (rarely used after the nineteenth century)
Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word;
but as thou dwell’st with thy disciples, Lord,
familiar, condescending, patient, free.
come not to sojourn, but abide with me.
Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
but kind and good, with healing in thy wings,
tears for all woes, a heart for every plea—
come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.
Thou 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.
Sources
Hymnal, Number, Tune(s)
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
| 14
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| The Year of Praise, 1867
| 318
| Eventide
|
| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
| 13
| Eventide
|
| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
| 20
| Eventide
|
| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
| 9
| Eventide, (unnamed tune by A. Harvey}, Langran
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)
| 335
| Eventide, Eventide (Best)
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)
| 335
| Eventide
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 335
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)
| 335
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1, Ellers
|
| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
| 329
| Eventide
|
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| 14
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| 27
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
| 23
|
| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
| 597
|
| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
| 20
| Eventide
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| 12
| Eventide
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| 12
| Eventide
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| 12
| Eventide, Benediction
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 12
| Eventide, Dalkeith, Emmaus, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| 12
| Eventide
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| 12
| Eventide, Mecum
|
| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
| 365
| Eventide, Troyte's Chant no. 1
|
| The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
| 20
| Old 124th
|
| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| 35
| Eventide
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
| 23
| Eventide
|
| The English Hymnal, 1906
| 363
| Eventide
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| 18
| Eventide
|
| The Mission Hymnal, 1913
| 2
| Eventide
|
| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| 18
| Eventide
|
| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| 44
| Eventide, Artusi, Morecambe
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| 13
| Eventide
|
| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| 12
| Eventide, Benediction
|
| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| 12
| Eventide, Orisons
|
| Songs of Praise, 1925
| 200
| Eventide
|
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
| 437
| Eventide
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| 16
| Eventide
|
| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| 467
| Eventide
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| 27
| Eventide
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| 10
| Eventide
|
| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| 500
| Eventide
|
| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
| 180
| Eventide
|
| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
| 502
| Eventide
|
| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
| 662
| Eventide
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
| 13
| Eventide
|
| The New English Hymnal, 1985
| 331
| Eventide
|
| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
| 425
| Eventide
|
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996
| 6
| Eventide
|
| Common Praise (Canada), 1998
| 25
| Eventide
|
| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
| 586
| Eventide
|
| Sing Glory, 1999
| 495
| Eventide
|
| Complete Mission Praise, 2000
| 4
| Eventide
|
| Common Praise, 2000
| 10
| Eventide
|
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000
| 2
| Eventide
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000
| 62
| Eventide
|
