The Daily Poem

ABIDE WITH ME

Saved by the Father’s gift of wondrous grace;

Raised from my sleep to see Thy shining face;

Life everlasting, Lord, with Thee I’ll spend;

Praising Thy name in glory without end.

So in this hope I live from day to day,

Knowing that Thou wilt keep me in Thy way;

Not life nor death, nor any other thing,

Can separate us, O my Lord and King.

I gladly pledge my life to this good news

If Thou wilt send, I never will refuse;

Thou, Christ, my Savior, rest I find in Thee,

My joy is full if Thou abide with me.

Additional verses to the hymn by Henry Francis Lyte, 1847

~ D. Edgar Lamp (Hymn Lyrics)