Abide With Me

Help of the helpless, oh abide with me 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 I need Thy presence every passing hour What but Thy precious grace (can foil thy tempter's power?) Can keep me every hour (Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?) Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me 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 Help of the helpless, oh abide with me In life, in death, oh Lord, abide with me