...the funeral dawned cold and overcast. Teresina Zola's voice filled Saint Martins as the organ played Abide With Me. Hold thou thy cross before my closing...Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee away Oh thou who changes! not Abide with me The warmth of Teresina's voice was challenged by the bitter...

...can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me! I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness: Where is...thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me! Some of Elte Wheeler Wilcox's poems are very helpful in this connection. I have sung the following...

...material goods. As a stanza of one Christian hymn puts it: I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless: Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is...grave thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide in me. If no enemy can destroy our life in Jesus and take away our most cherished wealth, then of whom,...

...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...Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies; 290 Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me....

...where, grave, thy vie- to3 foil the temp- ter's power? Who like Thy - self my guide and stay can 5 point me to the skies; Heaven's morn-ing breaks and earth's vain shad-ows flee, see; Help of the help-less, O a 0 Thou who chang-est not, a be? ry? Through cloud and sun - shine,...

...can foil the tempter's power? Who like Thy-Self my guide and stay can be? Thru cloud and sunshine, O abide with me! Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes, Shine thru the gloom, and point me to the skies; Heaven' s morning breaks, and earth' s vain shadows flee...

...flee, Help of the helpless, O, abide with me! [....] I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is...thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. ("Poems by Henry Francis Lyte 2/13") V-ii. Reconciling Men to God MacDonald thinks that the doctrine...

...can be? Through cloud and sunshine, oh 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? Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes, Shine through gloom, and point me to the skies; Heaven's...

...around I see; 0 Thou who changest not, abide with me. 3 I need Thy presence every passing hour; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. "Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory? 1 triumph still, if Thou abide with me. 4 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through...

...other ways it is possible to find ways of coming to terms with it. One popular hymn puts it this way: Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. The hymn writer Henry Lyte takes the theme of crucifixion to represent all the pain and heartache we...