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 me
has made my heart within me burn,
as I communed with thee.
Thy earnest words have filled my soul
and 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 night
if 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.
O Savior stay this night with me;
Behold, Behold, Behold, ‘tis eventide.
Text: Lowrie M. Hofford
Music: Harrison Millard, arr. Shelley Hannig
© 2017 This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.
