"Abide with Me" is one of the hymns families most often choose for a funeral or thanksgiving service. The words below are free to print in an order of service.
In our starting orders of service it appears as: Processional hymn in the Anglican order; Entrance hymn in the Catholic order. Your minister has the final say on where it is sung.
Words
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.
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see— O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
I need Thy presence every passing hour; What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r? 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 no 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; Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Hymn books differ by a word here and there. Check these words against the book your church uses.
Print it in a programme
When you choose this hymn in Homegoing, its words are added to the booklet for you. You can also paste your church's own version. See the orders of service by church.