Name: The Darkness Deepens
Duration: P00H06M23S
Description: Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide

The Darkness Deepens

from Morning Star: Meditations of a Hopeful Christian Pilgrim by Susan Powell

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Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide

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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.

I need thy presence every passing hour;
what but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, 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.

Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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from Morning Star: Meditations of a Hopeful Christian Pilgrim, released July 26, 2010

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Parnassum Music Bloomington, Indiana

Susan Powell studied organ/sacred music at St. Olaf College. She's married to a fantastic guy named Mike, and they work in church music together when they're not busy with their three kids (and sometimes even when they are).