This is a new rendering (not yet recorded) of the hymn Eventide by William H. Monk (1861). It develops the hymn “Abide with Me” by Henry F. Lyte (1847) from a mood of solace in despair, to a more hopeful panentheistic one as part of an awareness of the essential connectness of all things.
Abide in me, as I abide in you
Home to your Spirit, the Source of what is new
Once I was blind, unconscious and unseeing
Now in you I live and move and have my being
When faceless powers wreck havoc with this life
Forces of destruction loosed by greed and strife
When all around me yields to corruption let me see
You who is unchanging, oh abide in me
Each one has their season before they say farewell
Give me courage Lord at the tolling of that bell
Where death is your sting, or grave your victory?
Sustainer of all living things, abide in me
Don Rogers said
My comment would be that he abides, as he always has in me. I am a part of him and he of me. My hope, through a prayer of thanksgiving, is that I not forget that unassailable fact, that God, our Source, and I are ONE.
Nic Paton said
Don – you represent one who has crossed over from the dualism of mainstream conventional christianity into a new approach, one of as you say, Oneness.
John van de Laar said
Wow, Nic, you’ve done it again – taken a great old hymn and made it new, while also bringing the theology “up to date” (for want of a better way to express it). I can’t wait to hear it recorded.
I’ll also be in touch when I’m back from JHB next week.
Nic Paton said
Thanks John. I look forward to “jamming” it with you. It’s in the sketch stage at the mo. Speak soon – Nic.
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