Abide in Me - Herbert Martin

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Harriet B. Stowe, alt. by Julia Martin

Abide in me, O Lord, and I in Thee,
From this good hour, Oh, leave me nevermore;
Then shall the discord cease,
The wounds be healed
The lifelong bleeding of the soul be o'er.

Abide in me, These moments have been blest,
For I have heard The voice and felt Thy power;
Then evil lost its grasp;
And passion hushed,
Owned the divine possession of the hour.

Abide in me; O'reshadowed by Thy love;
Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin,
Each selfish, wayward thought,
Quench ere it rise,
And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine

The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Abide in Me

Words by Harriet Beecher Stowe; altered by Julia MartinMusic by Herbert MartinWritten c. 1867

Abide in me, O Lord, and I in Thee,
From this good hour, O leave me nevermore;
Then shall the discord cease,
The wounds be healed,
The lifelong bleeding of the soul be o'er.

Abide in me, these moments have been blest,
For I have heard Thy voice and felt Thy power;
Then evil lost its grasp,
And passion, hushed,
Owned the divine possession of the hour.

Abide in me; o'ershadowed by Thy love;
Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin,
Each selfish, wayward thought,
Quench ere it rise,
And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine.

Story Behind the Song

The text is drawn from Harriet Beecher Stowe's hymn-poem beginning "Abide in me, O Lord, and I in Thee," a devotional prayer based on Christ's words in John 15. Stowe, best known as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, also wrote religious poetry and hymns; this text appeared among her nineteenth-century devotional writings. Herbert Martin's choral song uses an altered and excerpted form of Stowe's words, credited in the score to Julia Martin.

Scripture

John 15:4