Abide With me; 'Tis Eventide

Abide with Me; ’Tis Eventide
Prayerfully
31243, Hymns, Abide with Me; ’Tis Eventide, no. 165

1. Abide with me; ’tis eventide.The day is past and gone;

The shadows of the evening fall;The night is coming on.

Within my heart a welcome guest,Within my home abide.
[Chorus]O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold,

’tis eventide.O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.

2. Abide with me; ’tis eventide.

Thy walk today with meHas made my heart within me burn,

As I communed with thee.

Thy earnest words have filled my soulAnd kept me near thy side.

3. Abide with me; ’tis eventide,

And lone will be the nightIf I cannot commune with thee

Nor find in thee my light.

The darkness of the world, I fear,Would in my home abide.

Text: Lowrie M. Hofford
Music: Harrison Millard, 1830–1895
Luke 24:29 (13–32)