| Abide with me, falls the eventide,
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| The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide,
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| When other helpers fail
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| And comforts flee,
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| Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
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| I need thy present 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, abide with me.
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| Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day,
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| Earth’s joys grow dim,
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| It’s glories pass away,
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| Change and decay in all around I see;
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| O Thou who changes not, abide with me.
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| The Lord is my shepherd,
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| No one shall I know,
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| He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow,
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| Restores me when wandering,
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| redeems when oppressed,
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| He will abide with me in my need,
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| He will last… |