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Free accompaniment for Abide With Me (Henry Francis Lyte): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune EVENTIDE (William Henry Monk) in four-part harmony, 6 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1Abide 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.
- 2Swift 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.
- 3I 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, Lord, abide with me.
- 4I 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.
- 5Hold 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.
- 6Amen.
About this music
EVENTIDE — William Henry Monk. Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847. Music: 'Eventide' William H. Monk, 1861. Setting: William H. Monk, 1861.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 14. (ed. William H. Monk); music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Abide With Me page.
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