Abide With Me

I believe in God the Father.

I know He made all things. 

I know He alone has power,

and He alone is King.

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I believe in Jesus Christ,

The only natural heir. 

His glory as the Son of God

Is glory t’which none compare

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This Jesus took on human flesh,

A virgin brought Him forth. 

His sighs were answered with cattle cries,

His chills with scraps of cloth.

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The people He came to said “No,

Our kingdom is earthly!”

My Lord and Savior suffered here,

Accused of blasphemy.

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Pont’us Pilate gave him to

The cursed, sacred tree.

He died alone, suspended there: 

He gave His life for me.

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His body they placed in a grave,

His soul had suffered worse.

He faced the gate of Hell itself.

He satisfied my curse.

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On day the third he rose again,

The stone was rolled away.

The work that he’d been sent to do,

My guilt, it had been paid.

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The Lord unto His Christ then said

“Sit thou at my right hand.”

Our Savior went to glory and

He now rules all the land.

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He’ll be there ‘till the end of time,

When He shall come again.

He’ll come in all His glory then,

To judge the quick and dead.

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The time between that day and now

Is stretched out dauntingly.

In space between the Holy Ghost,

He lives inside of me.

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My Christ sent me His Comforter,

did not just leave me be. 

I’m not alone while on this earth,

My Lord abides with me.