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| Abide With Me |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| I need Thy presence every passing hour; |
| What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r? |
| Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? |
| Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. |
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| 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. |
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| Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; |
| Shine through 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. |
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