Abide with me! fast falls the eventide

B216 C288 E370 K288 P187 R74 T370
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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, oh, 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
Come not in terrors, as the King of kings;
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings:
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.
4
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, oh, abide with me.
5
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.
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Reymar Yu Endrinal

Butu-an, Agusan Del Norte, Philippines

My life was in this song it was really touchable when I sing or listen this kind of hymn. I give thanks to the Lord about this website it can really find the song I ever desire espesially this song... amen amen amen.!!!!!!!!!!!!


Andrea

Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

This is the most heartfelt song that says it all. Also, the music is Great!


Jen

Queensland, Australia

In these unsettled times of the last days, we need be abiding closer to our Saviour. We need Him every minute of our lives. Praise His Name!!!!


Paul Kerslake

Australia

Each time I listen to this hymn I am brought to tears because I think of all my lifes cares and worries and I know my redeemer abides with me through them all.


Veronica Bennet

Bangalore, India

This song is probably the one I relate to the most. This song reminds me that I need the Lord to abide with me at all times.


ShuMenChan

Puli, Taiwan

The hymn lets me know that time is very short. All the mercy that I can still live. I need the mercy of the Lord every time. He is my life, my breath and my everything.

The fourth step in escaping the fall is to know the frailty of man. Enosh is another interesting name in Genesis 4. Enosh means "frail, mortal man." This implies that to escape from walking on the path of the fall, we need to know the frailty of man. We need to know that man is nothing and can break, just as a glass cup breaks easily. This is frailty. Man is frail. Some people do not know themselves. They think that they are smart, wise, and strong, when in fact they have nothing of which to boast. When a car hits a man, he is as fragile as a glass cup. When he is infected with tuberculosis, he must lie down. He may even die from tuberculosis. Man's life is frail. Man's name is Abel, but man's name is also Enosh. Abel means that man is vain, but Enosh means that man is frail. People who dream about their life should wake up. Man is not strong. Man will collapse when he is sick, and he will die if a car hits him. A wife can collapse when she is mad at her husband. She can even get ulcers because of her anger. A person can live to be one hundred years at most. The Chinese say that few can live to the age of seventy. Being fifty years old is not yet the twilight hour, but it is already four o'clock in the afternoon. Some people are at eight or nine o'clock in the evening. There is a hymn that says, "Swift to its close ebbs our life's little day" (Hymns, #370, stanza 2). People must wake up from their dreams, because human life is vain and frail. In order to escape the fall, we must realize the meaning of human life. Those who continue in the fall do not know their own human life. In chapter 4 those who were delivered out of the fall knew that human life is vain and frail.