Abiding in Christ

One of my favorite songs from the past few years is Matthew Perryman Jones' version of Abide With Me. If you are not singing it at your church I would recommend you give your music leader a link to this MP3 or buy it and give it to him. Great arrangment and great text.


Abide With Me
Henry F. Lyte (1847)

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, O abide with me.

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, Lord, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears not bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou 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;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

(HT:  Thabiti)