{"id":10563,"date":"2012-04-05T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2015-03-19T13:14:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:14:01","slug":"abide-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/05\/abide-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Abide With Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;Abide With Me&#8221;<\/span><\/em> by Henry Lyte\u00a0\u00a0is probably one of my all-time favourite hymns:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lm7FpBxOIL4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We sang it at my grandfather&#8217;s funeral. It seems appropriate for Maundy\u00a0Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"15\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>1. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>When other helpers fail and comforts flee,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>2. Swift to its close ebbs out life\u2019s little day;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Earth\u2019s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Change and decay in all around I see\u2014<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>O Thou who changest not, abide with me.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000\">3.\u00a0<em>I need Thy presence every passing hour;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>What but Thy grace can foil the tempter\u2019s pow\u2019r?<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000\">4.\u00a0<em>I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>Where is death\u2019s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <em>I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.<\/em><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>5. Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Heav\u2019n\u2019s morning breaks, and earth\u2019s vain shadows flee;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Abide With Me&#8221; by Henry Lyte\u00a0\u00a0is probably one of my all-time favourite hymns: We sang it at my grandfather&#8217;s funeral. It seems appropriate for Maundy\u00a0Thursday&#8230; 1. 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. 2. 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