Abide with Me!

Sheet Music

Using the tune, 'Eventide' as seen in Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 57

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• Copyright: public domain
• Source: Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 57
• Contributor: Veramet 04:21, 1 September 2010 (MDT)

External Sheet Music Links

• Flash printable/playable/transposable sheet music from lds.org/churchmusic

Tunes

• Eventide, by William H. Monk (1823–1889)
  • Copyright: public domain

Lyrics

• Poet: Henry F. Lyte (1793–1847)
• Copyright: public domain

Lyrics from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 57

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, O abide with me!

2. 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!

3. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine thro’ the gloom and point me to the skies;
Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!

External Lyrics

• Lyrics from LDS.org (same as from the 1985 LDS hymnal)