I really do appreciate this song. I am a Roman Catholic, Proud Canadian, and proud of our war dead. A beautiful song. Good Bless Canada and God Save the Queen.
To all those believers out there: Don't be concerned about the atheists' FAILURE to believe in God, His just judgments, or Hell. When (s)he arrives in Hell, (s)he'll believe in them all.
Do grow up! I assume you are a Catholic, versed in superstition and fear. You have the wrong God. Jesus was Jewish,born and died. There is no hell or heavon, only the ones we create here on earth. I am an Atheist, assured of the truth, well read of all religions.This is all we have.
No more brothers wars! Let us remember the heroic dead of all Europe, the senseless waste of generations of British and German youth slaughtered in the name of vested interest and international finance. Europe A Nation!
@rengris We can keep the art and culture that religion has inspired without keeping the ridiculous beliefs and practices. I don't know how you can be filled with "sorrow" by a bunch of stupid youtube comments. If that's what makes you sorrowful, then you need to prioritize.
@AsSomedayItMayHappen It's just those 'ridiculous beliefs and practices' as you describe them--do you mean The Apostles' Creed material etc?--that have inspired the art/culture. The very first line of this hymn comes from the story of two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24) who are joined by the RISEN Jesus Christ. But they didn't recognise him until they persuaded him to 'abide' stay with them and have a meal. During that meal suddenly they realised who he was.
@AsSomedayItMayHappen Well, not at all. I happen to believe they are not fictions but true accounts of the early disciples meeting with a Risen Saviour. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression or were you just trying to bait me!!
Soon, God will abide with us (at least with those who welcome Him, and His principles of life). Come Lord Jesus! (the final words of the Bible). The gentle, meek, forgiving, generous, ethical, holy, of integrity, honest, compassionate, patient, loving, faithful, in other words those like God shall get to live with God. Those who prefer alternatives, will be with the alternate "god", the fallen one, the deceiver, in a world filled with the exact opposites of God's character. Your choice.
This song was written to commemorate Britain and Canada for the war dead of World War I.
This is my most favourite hymn. I go to a Anglican English school in Canada (even though I am a Catholic) that has cadets. The Chapel was made to commemorate the students who went to fight WWI and WWII. On November 11th, This song is played. It makes me proud to be Canadian.
im not a christian even tho raised as one! but there is something about this hymn that makes me well up inside, with emotion so powerful i cant explain it! dont ask me if its the lyrics or the music but i feel happy when it plays and somehow i forget about how horrible this world can be. I feel at peace. Peace and love to all xxx
@rengris Sure enough. I just came here for the music, but I have to ask, since religion has made "generalising and slandering" and every other type of judgment (not to mention punishment...) its business for thousands of years, why are the religions themselves above the same treatment?
@nauort23 The punishments had nothing to do with God. It had to do with man. I am not very religious, but I do pray everyday. As a Catholic, My religion was responsible for the deaths of many people. This was not Gods will, this was mans will.
@revelations21v6 The second selection is the second movement of Franz Schubert's "Deutsche Messe" (DV827), entitled "Heilig, heilig, heilig." And this is an extraordinary performance of it.
L played this hymn at my mothers funeral in 1990 and it still has a very close feeling for me with my mother. I am 71 and still have a feeling for her
peace n love people, enjoy your lives, be kind, remember those who taught you, and praise be to God. May we have peace in our time and unity, worldwide. xx
This hymn,'Abide With Me' and Schubert's 'Ave Maria' are my two favorite. Every time I hear them it stirs up my soul and they move me to tears. The way to play them is on a pipe organ.
This song fills me with sadness and happiness at teh same time. I think of my family who are not here physically but here in in mind and and heart. Dad, Aunty ann and all my family hoping I do well in Somerset
"It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength"
The old photos on this video are of the choir at Gloucester Cathedral. If anyone has any information about the date they were taken please make contact. I am the secretary of the old choristers association there. S Power, 12, College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX.
@rengris That doesn't sound strange because it is absoluetly true. The enemies of Christendom who happen to staff academia have altered history to fit their agenda. Marxist atheism is their religion. Truth is irrelevant.
@rengris: continued, "Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are."
@rengris From the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, paragraph 159, on Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth."
A world that has, if anything, become colder and more hungry for spiritual absolution still produces things of beauty like this. I tend to keep my distance from mythology, mysticism and the dogma of mankind. Still, I am comforted by the yearning and assurance this music brings. It is testament to the uplifting side of man's search for a deeper meaning and enduring peace that an other-worldly place could offer, protected and comforted by a loving creator.
@Stepan0306 Do you mean wrong? And if so argue your case. Abide with me, the words of some of Jesus' disciples who were talking with the risen Lord and didn't know it, inspired this writer of these lyrics to pen these marvellous words. However, I do realise that beauty can be appreciated where-ever it is found. Perhaps though the beauty is there to draw you to the God of beautiful.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (April 10, Lent 5), we sang this as the closing hymn. It is #629 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
Amazing how some people can hear this hymn and have no clue as to what it proclaims. 'Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes', Can it be any clearer. This is one of the greatest expressions of the hope of the faith.Remove the 'religious crap' as one ignorant fool put it, and you deprive the words of all meaning.
Two glorious pieces of music! and a beautiful medly they make! I remeber in choirs having to sing both of these songs, The Sanctus especially, leaves you in such awe. You feel as if literally, you have been ushered into the very prensence of God.
When I was a little kid at school, we had to learn this song in the Dutch translation. From the very first moment I heard the melody it touched my heart and soul, and it still does, maybe even more than on that day.
this beautiful hymn reminds me of my dad who was in the RAF in the war. it's so poignant and the words are wonderful. Thank you for this beautiful version of it. God bless.
I selected this as the last hymn at my Father's funeral service 2 weeks ago - the final departure of another of the remaining RAF 'few' - some may think it 'hackneyed' but the words are as relevent to life (and death) now as they were the day they were written : "Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me"
my father was buried to this in 82, never went to his funeral as i wasnt allowed to see the carnage the IRA did to him, but this song grips and holds me everytime i hear it.
You may be right, although I can't for the life of me think what - except they knock out of few nice hymns. The music interests me, as for the rest :-(
Lovely hymn, very emotive. I'm not a Christian, Muslim nor do I belong to any other brand of religion - but after reading the comments posted here, the best thing that could happen is the annihilation of ALL of this religious madness. It has been responsible for more misery, death and destruction than anything else on the planet since the year dot. Why can't we just 'live and let live'??
The Schubert rendition is particularly fine---the unexpected softness of the singing is actually more effective than if it had been sung loudly. A performance of luminous power. Other performers, take note of this.
Beautiful,the Sanctus following Abide with Me is so appropriate.Thanks a lot for posting. Great pictures too.This is now in my favourites list.Thanks again.
This hymn and its musical setting are so powerful, yet so incredibly tender and comforting, and this is truly a lovely performance. Surely "Abide with Me" is one of the most beautiful examples of how one should never underestimate something simple.
@philipmah. You are right. People do indentify this with Funerals because the masses first think of this as a death hymn. Really the positive side is that you are asking the Lord to "abide with me". In all times of stress and trouble what is the first thing people do?. They turn to the church. It's sad because the Lord has so much to offer - if more believed then the positive side is there and apparent. As the hymn says "Lord - abide with me".
Yes there is a positive side to it! If you'll listen to the lyrics it shows a dependance on the Lord and what greater love can we find than the Lord abiding with us.
@philipmah This song was written by a man soon to meet a premature death. It sounds like he was trying to hold on to the illustrious tangible reality- although at times bitter- that is life.
@philipmah Yes, it has a positive side. If you look up the James Last version on YouTube, you can see all the words. The hymn asks God to be present throughout one's life, even though everything else changes. We lose friends and loved ones to death, divorce, relocation or whatever, and we have many disappointments as well as joys along the way. It's all ever-changing, but through it all, God is there. The hymn asks God not only to be "out there" in the universe, but "in here," in one's heart.
@Scotsbell Even as an atheist, this touches me so deep, that I cry too.
Without God we are all alone, whether you believe in him or not, every human wants him at his side. For some its no more than a wish, for others its faith.
THANKS BE TO GOD this video has not been removed or blocked by some f*****g SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT or some crap music industry company !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He may have been a half naked fakir as per King George, But this was Mahatma Gandhi's favorite hymn ! ! ! And mine as well thank you so very, very, very much. It warms my heart, uplifts and gladdens my soul. Once again Thank you.
I love it so much. Praise the LORD!
kaltemuschi72 1 day ago
I really do appreciate this song. I am a Roman Catholic, Proud Canadian, and proud of our war dead. A beautiful song. Good Bless Canada and God Save the Queen.
Alex911TheCanadian 2 days ago
Very nice and soothing
420dilbert420 4 days ago
I'm atheist, and I approve of this song. Enough arguing over religion and enjoy the bloody music.
DustyBoyT 1 week ago
We're playing this song in band... it sounds so sad but it's beautiful<3
MusicalSpaztic 2 weeks ago
To all those believers out there: Don't be concerned about the atheists' FAILURE to believe in God, His just judgments, or Hell. When (s)he arrives in Hell, (s)he'll believe in them all.
mburnhors 4 weeks ago
Do grow up! I assume you are a Catholic, versed in superstition and fear. You have the wrong God. Jesus was Jewish,born and died. There is no hell or heavon, only the ones we create here on earth. I am an Atheist, assured of the truth, well read of all religions.This is all we have.
kabewest 2 weeks ago
fell in love with this song when i heard it on doctor who (: thanks for posting! beautiful voices this choir has got.
YoungJusticeRep808 2 months ago
3:30 Beautifull
dutchmen1 2 months ago 2
Have you any actions in this choir ? Conductor or organist, singer ? But listener ?
brci01 3 months ago
@brci01 No, nothing.
treblechoir99 2 months ago
Amazing organ pedals, where it was recording ?
brci01 3 months ago
@brci01 Recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, London 2003
treblechoir99 3 months ago
No more brothers wars! Let us remember the heroic dead of all Europe, the senseless waste of generations of British and German youth slaughtered in the name of vested interest and international finance. Europe A Nation!
Wyrdewarde88 3 months ago
Now I shall enjoy a good night´s sleep! Thank you most heartily!
Anders B. Faksvag, Kristiansand S, Norway
anders20228 3 months ago
@rengris We can keep the art and culture that religion has inspired without keeping the ridiculous beliefs and practices. I don't know how you can be filled with "sorrow" by a bunch of stupid youtube comments. If that's what makes you sorrowful, then you need to prioritize.
AsSomedayItMayHappen 3 months ago
@AsSomedayItMayHappen It's just those 'ridiculous beliefs and practices' as you describe them--do you mean The Apostles' Creed material etc?--that have inspired the art/culture. The very first line of this hymn comes from the story of two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24) who are joined by the RISEN Jesus Christ. But they didn't recognise him until they persuaded him to 'abide' stay with them and have a meal. During that meal suddenly they realised who he was.
riian1946 1 month ago
@riian1946 Yes. I agree the bible is a beautiful collection of fictional stories. There's nothing wrong with that.
AsSomedayItMayHappen 1 month ago
@AsSomedayItMayHappen Well, not at all. I happen to believe they are not fictions but true accounts of the early disciples meeting with a Risen Saviour. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression or were you just trying to bait me!!
riian1946 1 month ago
Soon, God will abide with us (at least with those who welcome Him, and His principles of life). Come Lord Jesus! (the final words of the Bible). The gentle, meek, forgiving, generous, ethical, holy, of integrity, honest, compassionate, patient, loving, faithful, in other words those like God shall get to live with God. Those who prefer alternatives, will be with the alternate "god", the fallen one, the deceiver, in a world filled with the exact opposites of God's character. Your choice.
light4darkness 4 months ago
That is why God created music in order for us to worship him and tender our hearts towards his word in the Bible
dinkersdaddyful 4 months ago
This song was written to commemorate Britain and Canada for the war dead of World War I.
This is my most favourite hymn. I go to a Anglican English school in Canada (even though I am a Catholic) that has cadets. The Chapel was made to commemorate the students who went to fight WWI and WWII. On November 11th, This song is played. It makes me proud to be Canadian.
God Bless Canada, and God Save the Queen.
Alex911TheCanadian 4 months ago
im not a christian even tho raised as one! but there is something about this hymn that makes me well up inside, with emotion so powerful i cant explain it! dont ask me if its the lyrics or the music but i feel happy when it plays and somehow i forget about how horrible this world can be. I feel at peace. Peace and love to all xxx
BriefEncounter1987 4 months ago
Finally! found this song i was looking for this song from A Bridge To Far. i love this song!
mrbrunopolska 4 months ago
Exquisitely beautiful. God is near...
dcview91 4 months ago
Hymn after is called Holy, holy, holy by Franz Schubert!!! The original is heilig, heilig, helig!
coyjamerson 4 months ago
hermoso
Talento0910 4 months ago
@rengris Sure enough. I just came here for the music, but I have to ask, since religion has made "generalising and slandering" and every other type of judgment (not to mention punishment...) its business for thousands of years, why are the religions themselves above the same treatment?
nauort23 4 months ago
@nauort23 The punishments had nothing to do with God. It had to do with man. I am not very religious, but I do pray everyday. As a Catholic, My religion was responsible for the deaths of many people. This was not Gods will, this was mans will.
Alex911TheCanadian 4 months ago
@Alex911TheCanadian I didn't say it was God's will. I said it was the business of the religion.
nauort23 4 months ago
What is that hymn that follows from Abide with Me? (after the pause). It is so silencing to the soul and makes mine bow to Creator God ..
I can't have enough of it ...
Thank you so much for sharing this...
revelations21v6 4 months ago
@revelations21v6 The second selection is the second movement of Franz Schubert's "Deutsche Messe" (DV827), entitled "Heilig, heilig, heilig." And this is an extraordinary performance of it.
OlDoinyo 4 weeks ago
I cannot quite get the opening words of the piece after Abide with me.
Tidespring73 5 months ago
@Tidespring73 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.
Prancer1231 5 months ago
CHURCH OF ENGLAND RESPECTS EVERYONES VIEWS THOSE THAT DONT SHOULD NOT HIDE BEHIND RELIGION TO PURSUE THEIR SICKNESS
TheChippy2011 5 months ago
L played this hymn at my mothers funeral in 1990 and it still has a very close feeling for me with my mother. I am 71 and still have a feeling for her
Colin Burows
colinburrows865 5 months ago 5
This was the opening hymn for my LDS (mormon) baptism :)
punksush1 5 months ago
peace n love people, enjoy your lives, be kind, remember those who taught you, and praise be to God. May we have peace in our time and unity, worldwide. xx
2012LoverMusic 5 months ago
This hymn,'Abide With Me' and Schubert's 'Ave Maria' are my two favorite. Every time I hear them it stirs up my soul and they move me to tears. The way to play them is on a pipe organ.
771Manny 6 months ago
Lord god help me to overcome from this troubles, lord only u can help...
Sanj302 6 months ago
RIP all you who lost your life in Norway this weekend:-((((
Anfield4Ever 6 months ago 3
Fantastisch!
tartuffel 6 months ago
@treblechoir99 Do you happen to have the lyrics to the second song "Sanctus"?
WWETNAwrestlingfan15 6 months ago
This is so beautiful! Just perfect!
MurkskisXXL 7 months ago
As an atheist, I thank religion for it's part in the founding of music.
MrNarrative 7 months ago 5
@MrNarrative Music is the only language in heaven.
Nonie46 6 months ago 2
@Nonie46 If that's your philosophy, then all power to you.
MrNarrative 6 months ago
@MrNarrative You are classy.
the98jazz 5 months ago
Regardless of religious beliefs, this is a beautiful piece of music. Coupled with some beautiful images!
CC1290CC 7 months ago 2
Oh God help is through the darkness of this world. The evil is unbearable!
Soothfish 7 months ago
this was my marchingband warmup song. i love this.
BTop88 7 months ago
This song fills me with sadness and happiness at teh same time. I think of my family who are not here physically but here in in mind and and heart. Dad, Aunty ann and all my family hoping I do well in Somerset
hawickman 7 months ago
"It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength"
2008Sameoldfitup 8 months ago
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Merc800 : I agree with you so I have posted the words.
oldgattonian2 8 months ago
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.
oldgattonian2 8 months ago 48
@oldgattonian2 Thank you, very appreciat.
treblechoir99 8 months ago 2
Thanks treblechoir99, it gave me strength when I needed it. And probably will again.
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@brendanECS ce sont ces moments de répit que nous avons besoin, pour ceux qui veuillent bien se laisser toucher. Merci.
treblechoir99 4 months ago
@oldgattonian2 when i listion the melodios music and the mercyful words i love jesus who loved me unconditionaly and without change.constancian.
fernandodencian 4 months ago
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.
Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea.
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.
oldgattonian2 8 months ago
@oldgattonian2 Such moving words! I once wrote an acrostic to this hymn - spelling the three easiest words to say, the three hardest to mean.
If only Man could learn to grow in love,
Longing to do the will of God above,
Oil would be poured on waters tossed with pride -
Vanquishing greed and casting fear aside.
Endless is life if love is at is core,
Yet Christ's commandment man and child ignore.
Only through Grace may Heaven on Earth be found
Under the gaze of God with friends around
univocalic 7 months ago
@univocalic May I set your words to music, my friend?
lionhearte1 6 months ago
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.
oldgattonian2 8 months ago
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.
oldgattonian2 8 months ago
Thankyou for sharing this, God bless.
C1Astra 8 months ago 12
@C1Astra You're very welcome.
treblechoir99 8 months ago
excellent
Prancer1231 8 months ago
Bellissimo canto.
SuperLewis59 8 months ago
indeed william henry monk was one of god's gifts to us his unworthy servants.
urbanmonk13 8 months ago
I wish you added lyrics or subtitles to this beautiful song.
Merc800 8 months ago
Sang this only yesterday at my Grandma's funeral........Rest in peace Gran.
grooverheliboy 8 months ago
The old photos on this video are of the choir at Gloucester Cathedral. If anyone has any information about the date they were taken please make contact. I am the secretary of the old choristers association there. S Power, 12, College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX.
MrDecanialto 8 months ago
One of those hymns you feel must have been handed down by God Himself. What year was this recording? Too beautiful.
notyobs 8 months ago 5
@notyobs In 2003
treblechoir99 8 months ago
im an athiest and i do enjoy this song, very peacful.
Ksixstring 9 months ago
@rengris That doesn't sound strange because it is absoluetly true. The enemies of Christendom who happen to staff academia have altered history to fit their agenda. Marxist atheism is their religion. Truth is irrelevant.
bitterclinger100 9 months ago 2
@bitterclinger100 You're an imbecile.
cook119 9 months ago
@cook119 Is that all you got? You're the effing imbecile.
bitterclinger100 9 months ago
@rengris: continued, "Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are."
ThankYouStFrancis 9 months ago 2
@rengris From the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, paragraph 159, on Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth."
ThankYouStFrancis 9 months ago
One of the reasons im looking forward to the FA Cup final :)
madhaparkanbi 9 months ago
A world that has, if anything, become colder and more hungry for spiritual absolution still produces things of beauty like this. I tend to keep my distance from mythology, mysticism and the dogma of mankind. Still, I am comforted by the yearning and assurance this music brings. It is testament to the uplifting side of man's search for a deeper meaning and enduring peace that an other-worldly place could offer, protected and comforted by a loving creator.
One cannot listen in hatred.
sfkeating 9 months ago 3
@rengris science?
esh325 9 months ago
Each time I listen to this, I want to cry.
m0bob 9 months ago
i couldnt remeber this song but i knew wht i was looking for then suddenly it came to me. thank you God
LoLsallround 9 months ago
Nice listening to this piece... :-)
Thanks!
mactoja 9 months ago
I find the idea of a theistic God unhelpful, but that does not stop me from appreciating beautiful words and music!
Stepan0306 9 months ago
@Stepan0306 Do you mean wrong? And if so argue your case. Abide with me, the words of some of Jesus' disciples who were talking with the risen Lord and didn't know it, inspired this writer of these lyrics to pen these marvellous words. However, I do realise that beauty can be appreciated where-ever it is found. Perhaps though the beauty is there to draw you to the God of beautiful.
riian1946 1 month ago
Yes I do understand what it takes to have faith, fear of death and the need to believe in something bigger than you because it makes things simpler.
You need the fear of hell and the promise of heaven looming over you to do good instead of just doing it because its right.
'Those who do good out of fear and haltingly have no moral virtue.'
Keirodious 9 months ago
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (April 10, Lent 5), we sang this as the closing hymn. It is #629 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
mkl62 9 months ago
Abide With Me is one of my favourite hymns, and the Sanctus in this is sung to my favourite bit of Schubert.
Peaceful, quiet and peaceful, and I love it.
rjrog77 9 months ago
I know exactly what it proclaims, and as I said before its a shame that its a religious tune.
So much human effort has been put into these silly fairy tales, at least we have some decent melodies from that mess.
Keirodious 9 months ago
@Keirodious It's a shame that you are a disrespectful kid who does not understand what it takes to have faith.
You're probably athiest, am I right?
IakFox 9 months ago
@IakFox, There are NO athiest's on a sinking ship so that 21 year old punk knows shit!
humeyboy 5 months ago
Amazing how some people can hear this hymn and have no clue as to what it proclaims. 'Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes', Can it be any clearer. This is one of the greatest expressions of the hope of the faith.Remove the 'religious crap' as one ignorant fool put it, and you deprive the words of all meaning.
ss3cleric 9 months ago 2
@ss3cleric AMEN bro
riian1946 1 month ago
I've always loved this song its brilliant, shame about the religious crap attached to it.
Keirodious 9 months ago
@Keirodious no, it's not attached to it. The hymn is an expression of that 'religious crap' as you so indelicately put it.
riian1946 1 month ago
Everytime I hear this song, it reminds me that as humans we're still God's favorite and His love to us will not be shaken. Thanks for posting.
Edisana 9 months ago
this song penetrates the marrow and goes straight to the soul!
RuckerMucker 10 months ago
for the pigeon r.i.p.
jaddajn1 10 months ago
I HAVE TO LEARN THIS IN CHOIR!
I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY CAN SING THOSE LONG PHRASES WITHOUT BREATHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM!
the choir certainly can't!
mikulenrinluka 10 months ago
You don't here anything like this from Islam, or Buddhism.
51362879 10 months ago
Two glorious pieces of music! and a beautiful medly they make! I remeber in choirs having to sing both of these songs, The Sanctus especially, leaves you in such awe. You feel as if literally, you have been ushered into the very prensence of God.
koasterkid5000 10 months ago
When I was a little kid at school, we had to learn this song in the Dutch translation. From the very first moment I heard the melody it touched my heart and soul, and it still does, maybe even more than on that day.
Christo47734 10 months ago 5
@Christo47734 Appreciat for you comment and experience with this Hymn
treblechoir99 10 months ago
@Christo47734 I'm Flemish - what's the hymn called in Dutch?
Nerweniel 10 months ago
@Nerweniel : This song is called in Dutch: "Blijf bij mij, Heer".
Christo47734 10 months ago
this beautiful hymn reminds me of my dad who was in the RAF in the war. it's so poignant and the words are wonderful. Thank you for this beautiful version of it. God bless.
lollyclan 10 months ago
I selected this as the last hymn at my Father's funeral service 2 weeks ago - the final departure of another of the remaining RAF 'few' - some may think it 'hackneyed' but the words are as relevent to life (and death) now as they were the day they were written : "Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me"
mwj666 10 months ago
my father was buried to this in 82, never went to his funeral as i wasnt allowed to see the carnage the IRA did to him, but this song grips and holds me everytime i hear it.
MrWardieward 10 months ago
I'm an atheist but this music is almost worth going back to church every Sunday for.
esserjk 11 months ago
@esserjk ditto!
99hoolio 10 months ago
Beautiful.
ditte3 11 months ago
How heavenly. Lord, always abide with me. Lord, abide with this troubled world of ours. "Domini dirige Nos."
PaternosterXVI 11 months ago
This song is very nice....thank you for uploading.
mustang071 11 months ago
I never tire of this hymn, it is truly eternal
sailingforde04 11 months ago
Touching photo at 4:34.
MarthaH605 11 months ago
English choirs know how to sing!!! Beautiful
aaround 11 months ago 2
4 people disliked this?!! What is going on?
goodchappy 11 months ago
You may be right, although I can't for the life of me think what - except they knock out of few nice hymns. The music interests me, as for the rest :-(
qantasCapt 11 months ago
loubie lou baby, dont forget i want this played at my funeral its here now so you dont forget.love you love me.
nutjobdad 11 months ago
This is the one that puts me at peace. I can hear this every day. Just love it.
blp106 11 months ago
very nice...i like it...
jacksoap29 1 year ago
Beautiful... :)
footballgirl4ever12 1 year ago
Lovely hymn, very emotive. I'm not a Christian, Muslim nor do I belong to any other brand of religion - but after reading the comments posted here, the best thing that could happen is the annihilation of ALL of this religious madness. It has been responsible for more misery, death and destruction than anything else on the planet since the year dot. Why can't we just 'live and let live'??
qantasCapt 1 year ago
@qantasCapt Christianity has been responsible for a great deal of good also.
sue200012 11 months ago
This hymn is very touching, thanks for sharing.
ulpain 1 year ago 8
@ulpain You're very welcome.
treblechoir99 1 year ago
very nice...
jacksoap29 1 year ago
God, but i love this land!
warbyuser 1 year ago
I want this played at my funeral - some day!!
DrOrion62 1 year ago 2
"Help of the helpless O abide with me"
Lyrics in this song are so deep
coglione11 1 year ago
The Schubert rendition is particularly fine---the unexpected softness of the singing is actually more effective than if it had been sung loudly. A performance of luminous power. Other performers, take note of this.
OlDoinyo 1 year ago
Not that I am ready, but I would like it to be sung at my passing.
Just a memory from a Rugby League Cup Final in the Seventies.
boardey 1 year ago
For the last 100 years this has been sung at every family funeral. This is a beautiful version, cheers for posting.
TheDreadedLurgi 1 year ago
Beautiful,the Sanctus following Abide with Me is so appropriate.Thanks a lot for posting. Great pictures too.This is now in my favourites list.Thanks again.
snoopy12464 1 year ago
Its the RL final hymn
I cant hear it without seeing my Grandad belting it out
I played Rugby all my life,I cry every time I hear this
Beautiful.
riversider1234 1 year ago
@riversider1234 : Well that's good old Britain for you !
3NUNS 1 year ago
Beautiful.
ploppy193 1 year ago
This hymn and its musical setting are so powerful, yet so incredibly tender and comforting, and this is truly a lovely performance. Surely "Abide with Me" is one of the most beautiful examples of how one should never underestimate something simple.
HerrProfessorDoktor 1 year ago
This beautiful hymn was introduced to me in a new and passionate way by the love of my life: Gabriela.
jonathanroth 1 year ago
This beautiful hymn was introduced to me in a new and passionate way by the love of my life: Gabriela.
jonathanroth 1 year ago
This beautiful hymn was introduced to me in a new and passionate way by the love of my life: Gabriela.
jonathanroth 1 year ago
@jonathanroth Yeah we heard you the 1st time buddy !!
grooverheliboy 1 year ago
A wonderful video.
jeana1001 1 year ago
@philipmah. You are right. People do indentify this with Funerals because the masses first think of this as a death hymn. Really the positive side is that you are asking the Lord to "abide with me". In all times of stress and trouble what is the first thing people do?. They turn to the church. It's sad because the Lord has so much to offer - if more believed then the positive side is there and apparent. As the hymn says "Lord - abide with me".
twolefthanz 1 year ago
@twolefthanz
"In all times of stress and trouble what is the first thing people do?"
They get drunk .
custardaghost 1 year ago
@twolefthanz - beautiful thoughts! Abide with me / in me / through me.
bmx16kris 1 year ago
A beautiful rendition of a beautiful Hymn. The pictures are also very special. A sincere Thank You.
woswald1 1 year ago 13
@woswald1 You'e very welcome
treblechoir99 1 year ago 4
you are the winner of the award for:
best singing choir
best additional clip
there are no words.
Music can express those emotions we can not express in words, but to ignore is not possible eighter!
staudtwerner 1 year ago
written in Devon (Brixham) Rev Gorden Light,theres nice now. Propper job & well sung !
zeus21ish 1 year ago
I love this hymn / song but always associate it with death, funerals and sadness - does it have a positive side to it?
philipmah 1 year ago
@philipmah
Yes there is a positive side to it! If you'll listen to the lyrics it shows a dependance on the Lord and what greater love can we find than the Lord abiding with us.
bellevuefreak 1 year ago
@philipmah This song was written by a man soon to meet a premature death. It sounds like he was trying to hold on to the illustrious tangible reality- although at times bitter- that is life.
dlong6184 1 year ago
@philipmah Yes, it has a positive side. If you look up the James Last version on YouTube, you can see all the words. The hymn asks God to be present throughout one's life, even though everything else changes. We lose friends and loved ones to death, divorce, relocation or whatever, and we have many disappointments as well as joys along the way. It's all ever-changing, but through it all, God is there. The hymn asks God not only to be "out there" in the universe, but "in here," in one's heart.
MarthaH605 11 months ago
@MarthaH605 amen!
Gitfidlpickr 10 months ago
this is so neat!!!
cresta14 1 year ago
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a very nice hymn had it at my aunties funerel yesterday R.I.P Betty Hustler Aged 79 xx
ibulletshotzi 1 year ago
very peaceful hymn had it at my Aunties Funerel Yesterday R.I.P Betty Hulster aged 79.
ibulletshotzi 1 year ago
An extraordinary choir. An extraordinary hymn. Thank you for the post.
Clarendonearl 1 year ago 9
@Clarendonearl Very appreciat, thank you.
treblechoir99 1 year ago
I cry every time I hear this glorious hymn
Scotsbell 1 year ago 3
@Scotsbell Even as an atheist, this touches me so deep, that I cry too.
Without God we are all alone, whether you believe in him or not, every human wants him at his side. For some its no more than a wish, for others its faith.
Heikos01 1 year ago 5
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@Heikos01 I really dont want to start a debate here, but without god we are not alone...we have eachother.
AsSomedayItMayHappen 1 year ago
THANKS BE TO GOD this video has not been removed or blocked by some f*****g SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT or some crap music industry company !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cushion25 1 year ago
Please don't forget that the hymn "Abide with mw," has touched even Mahatma Gandhi's life although he was not a Christian.
DrZech 1 year ago
He may have been a half naked fakir as per King George, But this was Mahatma Gandhi's favorite hymn ! ! ! And mine as well thank you so very, very, very much. It warms my heart, uplifts and gladdens my soul. Once again Thank you.
maverickdis 1 year ago
The most beautiful thing about Christianity is not the Bible, which is hideous, but these wonderful hymns.
brunester1 1 year ago 2
@brunester1 You'll get thumbed down into oblivion, but I must say I agree.
nauort23 1 year ago
This is beautiful! Another heavenly version is the instrumental one by James Last.
mreudeco 1 year ago
This song warms my heart deeply even though I am a Buddhist, I find this song very meaningful. Thank you for posting.
AnnieLives 1 year ago 16
@AnnieLives You're welcome.
treblechoir99 1 year ago
@AnnieLives Lets face it, Jesus was basically a Buddhist. As an atheist I love this hymn too.
maureenOWW 1 year ago
@maureenOWW That's awesome. :) And therefore, you're awesome too.
AnnieLives 1 year ago
@maureenOWW are you out of ur mind.....frm where did budhism come into the dialogue?
haibro 1 year ago
@haibro Someone said they were a buddhist and liked this hymn.
maureenOWW 1 year ago