427 Abide with me fast falls the eventide 日斜西山，願主祢及我住

調名： EVENTIDE
韻律： 10101010
作詞者：Henry Francis Lyte, 蘇格蘭，英國，1847；節 4 新譯
作曲者：William Henry Monk, 英國，1861
編曲者：-- 無編曲者資料 --
和聲：-- 無和聲資料 –
參考經文： 路加福音 24:29-29

歌詞：台語
1.
日斜西山，願主祢及我住，
暗暝愈深，求祢莫放拺我；
全無依倚，同伴離別我去，
助人的主，願祢及我徛起。
2.
日子緊緊親像流水過去，
世情歡喜，奢華快樂飛去；
四面所看萬物攏會變換，
未換的主，求祢及我永住。
3.
逐時逐刻我欠救主扶持，
家己無路通贏對敵計智；
只有救主導我，互我自在，
境遇好歹，願主 tiàm 我心內。
4.
主祢相近，免驚對敵陷害，
目屎未苦，病痛也攏無礙；
死亡權勢毒刺今佇叨位？
主若及我同在，一定勝利。
5.
無論死活，願主及我徛起，
若到臨終，憂愁、驚惶、僥疑
若雲罩我，求祢榮光出現，
拍散暗霧，互我安然歸天。阿們。

聖詩簡介： --無-
ABIDE WITH ME
“They urged Him strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is
almost over.’” Luke 24:29

Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847.

Music: Eventide, William H. Monk, 1861 (MIDI, score). Mrs. Monk described the
setting:

This tune was written at a time of great sorrow—when together we watched, as

we did daily, the glories of the setting sun. As the last golden ray faded, he took some
paper and penciled that tune which has gone all over the earth.

Alternate tunes:

Abide with Me, Henry Lyte, 1847 (MIDI, score)

Morecambe, Frederick C. Atkinson, 1870 (MIDI, score)
Penitentia, Edward Dearle, 1874 (MIDI, score)

William H. Monk (1823-1889)

Lyte was inspired to write this hymn as he was dying of tuberculosis; he finished
it the Sunday he gave his farewell sermon in the parish he served so many years. The
next day, he left for Italy to regain his health. He didn’t make it, though—he died in
Nice, France, three weeks after writing these words. Here is an excerpt from his fare-
well sermon:
 O brethren, I stand here among you today, as alive from the dead, if I may hope
to impress it upon you, and induce you to prepare for that solemn hour which must
come to all, by a timely acquaintance with the death of Christ.

For over a century, the bells of his church at All Saints in Lower Brixham, Devon-
shire, have rung out “Abide with Me” daily. The hymn was sung at the wedding of
King George VI, at the wedding of his daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and at
the funeral of Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta in1997.

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 every passing hour

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Thru cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!

Hold Thou Thy word before my closing eyes,

Shine thru 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!
Text info:
First Line: Abide with me: fast falls the eventide
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1847)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Liturgical Use: Prayer Songs

Related Texts:
An Evening Hymn
Christ, Whose glory fills the skies
Now the day is over
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Tune info:
William Henry Monk
Full Name: Monk, William Henry, 1823-1889
Birth Year: 1823
Death Year: 1889
Hymnary.org does not have biographical information about this person.

Notes
According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's
text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee
meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music
editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at the piano and
composed EVENTIDE. The hymn was then published in that edition of Hymns Ancient
and Modern. The tune has always been associated with this text.

� EVENTIDE is a modest tune, much loved in the Christian church. Though often
used for solemn occasions, the tune must not be sung too slowly. Try singing one
of the middle stanzas without accompaniment. Organists should keep a firm and
steady tempo.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook