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How many verses?

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Abide With Me Hymn
How many verses do you know of this hymn? If you watch the FA Cup Final at Wembly you would be familiar with the first, and if you’re a church goer you’ll know a few more.
At the funeral of Mike Hurley we sang the full version. Eight verses. It was noticeable that the “gusto” disappeared from the singing in the congregation as we hit the unfamilair words:

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.

There followed three other little known and somewhat incomprehensible verses until the familiar words “I need thy presence, Every passing hour” restored volume to the voices.

I’ve been singing this hymn for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never waded through all eight verses before. But somehow, at Mike’s passing, it seemed appropriate. Tradition meant a lot to Mike.

Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

BBC One presents The Passion for Easter 2008

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One to put in your programme planner, Sky+, HD Recorder or whatever you use to make sure you can watch what you want rather than just what’s on.

BBC – Press Office – BBC One presents The Passion for Easter 2008
Jesus with crown of thorns
The Passion will be stripped across Easter week on BBC One, drawing to a dramatic climax on Easter Sunday.
 
Visually arresting and rich in colour, the story is rooted in the tangled and chaotic world in which it took place – the city of Jerusalem during Passover week.
 
Set in the political and religious context of the time, it combines both narrative tension and thematic power to convey the extraordinary events that took place that week in a bold and distinctive way.
 
This production places the audience at the heart of the action by telling the story from three points of view – the religious authorities, the Romans and Jesus.

…… and if you forget – there’s always I>Player