Ellerton's note to the same in Church Hymns (folio edition 1881). The important position which this hymn has attained in many lands and tongues will justify an extract from Mr. Godfrey-Faussett (1878), Hymnologia Christiana Latina, &c. Wright and Co., Thomas Street, Bristol, 1863, with Lyte's original music and it has been translated into many languages, including Latin renderings in the Guardian (Nov.
In addition to these the hymn has also been published by J. Come, Friend of sinners, and then abide, &c. A leaflet on which it was first printed at Berryhead in September, 1847. A facsimile of the original manuscript in the autograph of the author, published by the Vicar of Lower Brixham, on behalf of the restoration of the church.Ģ. There are, however, several readings of the text. The text of this hymn, which is usually regarded as the original, is that contained in his Remains, published in 1850. 4, 1847." He died at Nice on the 20th of the November following In the evening of the same day he placed in the hands of a near and dear relative the little hymn, 'Abide with me,' with an air of his own composing, adapted to the words."Ī note to the sermon referred to in this extract says, "Preached at Lower Brixham, Sept. He did preach, and amid the breathless attention of his hearers gave them the sermon on the Holy Communion, which is inserted last in this volume, He afterwards assisted at the administration of the Holy Eucharist, and though necessarily much exhausted by the exertion and excitement of this effort, yet his friends had no reason to believe it had been hurtful to him. ‘It was better,' as he used often playfully to say, when in comparative health, 'to wear out than to rust out.' He felt that he should be enabled to fulfil his wish, and feared not for the result. His weakness, and the possible danger attending the effort, were urged to prevent it, but in vain. His family were surprised and almost alarmed at his announcing his intention of preaching once more to his people. "The summer was passing away, and the month of September (that month in which he was once more to quit his native land) arrived, and each day seemed to have a special value as being one day nearer his departure. The history of this hymn to the date of its first publication, is given in the prefatory Memoir to his Remains by his daughter, Anna Maria Maxwell Hogg, London, Rivington, 1850, pp. 4) New Year's Eve services many other occasions.Ībide with me, fast falls the eventide. Because of ill health Lyte made winter visits to the French Riviera from 1844 until his death there in 1847.įunerals and memorial services healing services Easter evening (given st. (1833, 1845, slightly enlarged posthumously as Miscellaneous Poems, 1868), and The Spirit of the Psalms (1834, 1836). Lyte wrote a considerable body of poetry, hymns, and psalm paraphrases, which were published in Tales on the Lord's Prayer in Verse (1826), Poems, Chiefly Religious. He served a number of parishes, including Lower Brixham, a small fishing village in Devonshire (1823-1847). While at Trinity, he decided to become a minister and in 1815 was ordained in the Church of England.
At Trinity College, Dublin, Scotland, he was awarded a prize for his poems on three different occasions. He decided to pursue a medical career, although he also had an early interest in poetry. 4), and when we pass from this life to heaven's glory (st. 1), when everything seems to change and decay (st. The text is a prayer for God's abiding care when friends fail (st.
5), which Lyte himself was quickly I approaching. The text was inspired by Luke 24:29, in which the two travelers to Emmaus ask Jesus to "stay with us, for it is nearly evening." But "Abide with Me" is not a hymn for the evening of a day instead evening is a metaphor for the close of life, a transition from life's "little day" (st. The Psalter Hymnal also contains other alterations for example, stanza 4 originally read, "Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness." Most hymnals, including the Psalter Hymnal, customarily omit three of the original eight stanzas. First printed in a leaflet in 1847, the text was published posthumously in Lyte's Remains (1850). Nice, France, 1847) wrote this text in the late summer of 1847 he died in November of that year (various other stories about Lyte's writing of this text do not appear to be reliable). Ednam, near Kelso, Rosburghshire, Scotland, 1793 d.
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