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When We Walk With The Lord Abide With Me
1. When we walk with the Lord 1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
in the light of his word, the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
what a glory He sheds on our way! When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
While we do His good will, He abides with us still, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
and with all who will trust and obey.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Chorus: earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way Change and decay in all around I see.
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. O thou who changest not, abide with me. H
2. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share, 3 I need thy presence every passing hour. Y
but our toil he doth richly repay; What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? M
not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross, Who like thyself my guide and strength can be?
but is blest if we trust and obey. Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me. N
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3. But we never can prove the delights of his love 4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless,
until all on the altar we lay; for the favor he ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
shows, for the joy he bestows, Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
are for them who will trust and obey. I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
4. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet, 5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes.
or we’ll walk by his side in the way; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
what he says we will do, where he sends we will Heaven’s morning breaks and earth’s
go; never fear, only trust and obey. vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
