[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
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The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
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When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
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Help of the helpless, abide with me.
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[Verse 2]
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Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
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Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
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Change and decay in all around I see;
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Thou who does not change, abide with me.
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[Verse 3]
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Not a brief glance, not a passing word,
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But as You would dwell with Your disciples, Lord,
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Familiar, condescending, patient, free.
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Come not to sojourn, but abide with me.
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[Verse 4]
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Come not in tears, as the King of Kings.
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But kind and good, with healing in Your words.
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Tears fall, a heart for everything,
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Come friend of sinners, abide with me.
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[Verse 5]
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Hold Thou The cross before my closing eyes;
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Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
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Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
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In life and in death, Lord, abide with me.
[Outro]
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