Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Hymn recited by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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

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

I need Thy presence
every passing hour
What but Thy grace
can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide
and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine
O abide with me

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

Hold Thou Thy cross
before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom
and point me to the skies
Heaven’s morning breaks
and earth’s vain shadows flee
In life, in death
O Lord, abide with me

From MLJTrust.org #5233