Abide With Me

W. H. Monk
Orch. by Arthur Luck

SOPRANO
ALTO

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A Swift
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Hold

TENOR
BASS

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bide with
to its
need thy
fear no
Thou Thy

me;
close
pres foe,
cross

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fast
falls the e - ven - tide;
ebbs
out life's lit - tle day;
ence
e - very pass - ing hour;
with
Thee at hand to bless;
be - fore my clos - ing eyes;

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The
dark - ness
Earth's joys grow
What
but Thy
Ills
have no
Shine through the

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deep - ens;
dim, it's
grace can
weight, and
gloom and

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Lord with me a - bide;

When
glor - ies pass a - way; Change
foil the temp - ter's pow'r?
Who,
tears no bit - ter - ness;
Where
point me to the skies; Heav'n's

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o - ther help - ers

fail and com -forts
and de - cay
in
all
a - round I
like Thy - self, my
guide and stay can
is death's sting? Where, grave, thy vic - to morn - ing breaks, and
earth's vain sha - dows

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flee;

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Help
O
Through
I
In

of the help - less,

thou who chang - est
cloud and sun - shine,
tri - umph still, if
life, in death, O

oh,
not,
Lord,
thou
Lord,

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bide
bide
bide
bide
bide

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with
with
with
with
with

me.
me.
me.
me.
me.

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