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.
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.
O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.
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.
O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.
4. 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.
O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.
5. 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.
O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.O Savior, stay this night with me;Behold, ’tis eventide.
Words: M. Lowrie Hofford
Music: Harrison Millard
Arrangement: Linda H. Walker
© 2012 by Linda H. Walker. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.