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Posted by james (manila, Philippines) on 18 November 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

ABIDE WITH ME is one of my favorite hymn.


i do remember a time i sang it over and over again till i could hear the hallucination of this beautiful song playing in the background of my mind.


I still love Him, the very one who gave me life. Tho' at this moment of my life, it doesn't seem like so.


"Man should not live by bread alone, but by the word of God..." Luke

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"Abide With Me"
Music by W.H. Monk, 1823-1889
composed by Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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, Lord, abide with me.

4. I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears not bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5. 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.

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Lyte wrote the words to his poem while he lay dying from tuberculosis, and lived only three weeks after its completion.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abide_With_Me
http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh700.sht
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