Good morning from a cool and blustery SCC,

This morning's Chapel service:

The Bible reading:

Acts 17:22-31, Paul in Athens

Hymn 62, Abide with me

HYMN 62

1. 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.

*2. 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.

3. 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, O abide with me.

4. 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.

5. 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

Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)