<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Abide with Me </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Abide with Me </Td> </Tr> <P> The hymn is a prayer for God to remain present with the speaker throughout life, through trials, and through death . The opening line alludes to Luke 24: 29, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent", and the penultimate verse draws on text from 1 Corinthians 15: 55, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?": </P> <P> 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 . Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word, But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord, Familiar, condescending, patient, free . Come not to sojourn, but abide with me . Thou on my head in early youth didst smile, And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee . On to the close, O Lord, 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, Lord, abide with me . I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness . Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou 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 . </P>

What does the song abide with me mean