dbTitle = "Abide With Me"
dbDisambiguator = "Additional Verses"
dbMeter = "10.10.10.10"
dbComposer = "William H. Monk (1861)"
dbComposerDate = ""
dbLyricist = "Henry F. Lyte (1847)"
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dbTranslator = ""
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dbArranger = ""
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dbTune = "EVENTIDE"
dbScripture = "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. - Luke 24:29"
dbCopyrightType = "public_domain"
dbCopyrightStatus = "In the Public Domain"
dbCcliLicenseNumber = ""
dbCcliSongNumber = ""
dbHymnal = "Bumby"
dbSynopsis = "This version of Abide With Me includes 6 of the original 8 verses."
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dbLyricsSectionName1 = "Verse 1"
dbLyricsSectionContent1 = "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!"
dbLyricsSectionName2 = "Verse 2"
dbLyricsSectionContent2 = "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!"
dbLyricsSectionName3 = "Verse 3"
dbLyricsSectionContent3 = "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 ev'ry plea;
O Friend of sinners, thus abide with me!"
dbLyricsSectionName4 = "Verse 4"
dbLyricsSectionContent4 = "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, O abide with me!"
dbLyricsSectionName5 = "Verse 5"
dbLyricsSectionContent5 = "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!"
dbLyricsSectionName6 = "Verse 6"
dbLyricsSectionContent6 = "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!"
dbLyricsSectionCount = 6