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From the Doctor Who Original Television Soundtrack Series 3 - Episode 3 - Gridlock (2007)
Performed by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
"Abide With Me" was written by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 as he lay dying from tuberculosis.
It is most often sung to composer William Henry Monk's tune "Eventide".
The hymn is a prayer for God to remain present with the speaker throughout life, through trials, and through death.
The opening line alludes to Luke 24:29, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent", and the penultimate verse draws on text from 1 Corinthians 15:55, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
From the Doctor Who Original Television Soundtrack Series 3 - Episode 3 - Gridlock (2007)
Performed by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
"Abide With Me" was written by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847 as he lay dying from tuberculosis.
It is most often sung to composer William Henry Monk's tune "Eventide".
The hymn is a prayer for God to remain present with the speaker throughout life, through trials, and through death.
The opening line alludes to Luke 24:29, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent", and the penultimate verse draws on text from 1 Corinthians 15:55, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
