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To: pollywog

Just can’t think of a better way to celebrate! I am so bursting with joy!

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.

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 ev’ry 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.



727 posted on 02/07/2012 10:19:49 PM PST by WestwardHo
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To: WestwardHo

One of my most FAVORITE HYMNS, as you can see by my tagline!

WOOOO WHOooooooooooooooooooo


731 posted on 02/07/2012 10:21:29 PM PST by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: WestwardHo

Beautiful...long time since I saw those words...Thanks.


944 posted on 02/08/2012 1:46:32 AM PST by caww
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