Intro
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Verse 1
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A--bide with me, fast falls the eventide
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The darkness deepens, Lord with me a-bide
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When other helpers fail and comforts flee
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Help of the helpless, O a--bide with me
Verse 2
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Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day
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Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass a-way
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Change and decay in all around I see
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O Thou who changest not, a--bide with me
Verse 3
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I need Thy presence every passing hour
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What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power
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Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be
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Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, a--bide with me
Verse 4
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I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
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Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness
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Where is death's sting, where, grave, thy victory
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I tri---umph still, if Thou a--bide with me
Verse 5
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Hold Thou Thy cross be-fore my closing eyes
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Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
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Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
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In life, in death, O Lord, a--bide with me