ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL HYMNS EVER WRITTEN // ABIDE WITH ME // CHURCH ORGAN - Salisbury 

Lovely, fabulous job. When I was a little girl, Granny always cried when this hymn was played. Now I am old and I understand why.

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, oh, 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 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 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 Abide with me, abide with me

The first time I remember hearing this hymn was at the funeral of a high school friend who was killed in vietnam. He was barely out of school in 1968.

I was a choir boy growing up in England. We sang this hymn very often at Evensong. I noticed that it made many people cry.l didn't understand, now at my age I do.

I love hymns like this! Sad thing is, I generally can’t sing them, as the emotion overcomes me!

Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me

I was thinking about this hymn yesterday, and here it is my feed today. I often sing it softly as twilight falls, especially when I think about how many of my family and friends have preceded me in the inevitable journey. It is gives solace to the lonely. Thank you.

I hope when you wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, you see a reflection of an angel. You are so talented. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You made many people cry with this video, and wish they could perform as you do. Enjoy your youth!

Absolutely achingly beautiful .. you literally put your heart and soul into your playing .. so beautiful to see as well as to hear .. Truly appreciated the different sounds you achieved using the pedals and stops .. playing an organ well demands a true artist.. and you are definitely that. .. Thank you so much for your brilliant playing .. and especially allowing us to hear you play via video ⚘ Jen999💜💙

This was my Dad’s favorite hymn..i like it a lot too..thank you!

I listen to you from New England USA. Thank you for the beautiful music and teachings about the churches

This takes me back to my seminary days. There was a real sense of peace as we sang this hymn, accompanied by the small chapel organ, before retiring for the night.

Oh Lord abide with me 🙏🙏please don't leave me!

The hymn that helps me sleep at night

I heard this hymn being sung in the war movie, "A Bridge Too Far" when wounded British paratroopers sang this song that they were being taken prisoner by the Germans. It is a great hymn to be song to remember the comfort of the Lord in sorrow and hardship.

Thank you for those precious minutes of calm.

This hymn was sung at my Mothers graveside, I love the poetry and history of this hymn.

Beautiful piece .One of my favourite hymns of all times .Had that as one of my mum and dads funeral hymns .In fact mum after dad died very suddenly mum wrote list of her wishes and Abide With Me Was One of her choices . Thanks so much .x

Ben, as small a tracker organ as this one seems to be, you make it sing eloquently. Like several other commenters, this hymn was played at my wife's funeral before the homily. Please keep posting hymn tunes.

Superbe. Merci à vous pour cette très belle interprétation. ⚜️😉

wow , this church is so blessed to have you Ben.

I love this song!

I had this at my mother's funeral and it will be at my father's funderal when the time comes and also at my own, hopefully not for some years! It is indeed beautiful and Ben plays it brilliantly

Love those subtle chord changes you do on this simple tune!

Thank you for not taking this at a lugubrious pace. You kept it moving, but still well-phrased and singable. Also enjoying your harmonies on the "organist's" verse.

Thank you for sharing the hymns of Praise with the You Tube world.

Ben, you have such a wonderful gift, even more so that you share that gift. Nice!

I cry everytime I hear this.

I miss my grandmother 😭😭💞💞🇿🇲🇿🇲love you so much. I wish she could be here to help us!! Mama mama mama😭😭

IN MEMORIAL: Dwight E. E. Collins (1947-1968) Zachary T. Addington (1948-1968) Vietnam

Oh how I miss the organ at our church-beautiful job!

Very well played. Great phrasing and nice variations on the last few verses.

Very Nice rendition of this Hymn. Nice to hear someone play with true feeling.

Tempo ,registration , beautiful ,and you let the light in Ben, thank you

Loved this hymn as a church chorister

This is what I would like to be played at my funeral.

Simply put: beautifully played, with true understanding of the hymn.

I love the way you play these modest size pipe organs , you know how to coax everything from them. This one is very beautiful.

The finest voice version of this touching gym can be found in the 2001 film “Latter Days”. You may find the clip on you tube. I never tire of it. Enjoy Ben Cheers.

Yes this Hymn has one of the most moving sounds especially at a funeral.

From another church organist over here in New York - gorgeous! I'm totally borrowing your chord changes in the last verse!

My understanding is that the author of the hymn (Henry Francis Lyte?) was a priest who wrote when he was actually dying. (Of TB?) So it's utterly honest, from a believer looking death in the face.

The solemnity and comfort of this performance are unrivaled, indescribable and outclassing

I have a few hymn requests. I was Glad that was played at Prince William and Kate's wedding, Onward Christian Solider, and All Creatures of Our God and King. You do such an amazing job with playing the organs.

My absolute favorite hymn. Thank you for this performance.

I was brought up with this hymn on an 80 RPM 12" record sung by Dame Clara Butt, the greatest of contraltos. Thanks, Ben, you have done this justice.

Very meaningful voicing.

Fabulous

Well done. Beautiful organ.

Common for many Episcopal processionals. Beautiful!

Here are the lyrics in english and croatian: Ostani sa mnom, brzo pada večer Abide with me, fast falls the eventide Tama se produbljuje Gospodine, sa mnom ostani The darkness deepens Lord, with me abide Kad drugi pomagači zakažu i utjehe pobjegnu When other helpers fail and comforts flee Pomoć nemoćnih, o, ostani sa mnom Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me Swift do kraja istječe životni mali dan Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day Zemaljske radosti se gase, njena slava nestaje Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away Promjenu i propadanje posvuda vidim Change and decay in all around I see O Ti koji se ne mijenjaš, ostani sa mnom O Thou who changest not, abide with me Ne bojim se neprijatelja, s Tobom pri ruci da me blagosloviš I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless Bolesti nemaju težinu, a suze nemaju gorčinu Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness Gdje je žalac smrti? Where is death's sting? Gdje, grobe, tvoja pobjeda? Where, grave, thy victory? I dalje trijumfiram, ako Ti ostaneš sa mnom I triumph still, if Thou abide with me Drži svoj križ pred mojim očima koje zatvaram Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes Sjaj kroz tminu i uputi me prema nebu Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies Jutro neba sviće, a zemaljske sjene bježe Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee U životu, u smrti, Gospodine, ostani sa mnom In life, in death, o Lord, abide with me Ostani sa mnom, ostani sa mnom Abide with me, abide with me

Thank you!! A great hymn, beautifully voiced and lovingly performed! ❤

[V1] Reste avec moi ! C'est l'heure où le jour baisse. L'ombre grandit... Seigneur, attarde-Toi ! Tous les appuis manquent à ma faiblesse : Force du faible, ô Christ, reste avec moi ! [V2] Le flot des jours rapidement s'écoule ; Leur gloire est vaine et leur bonheur déçoit ; Tout change et meurt, tout chancelle et s'écroule... Toi qui ne changes point, reste avec moi ! [V6] Je ne crains rien quand ton bras me protège ; Mes pleurs n'ont plus d'amertume, et l'effroi Que m'inspiraient la mort et son cortège A disparu... Seigneur, reste avec moi ! [V7] Montre ta croix à ma vue expirante, Et que ton ciel s'illumine à ma foi ! L'ombre s'enfuit, voici l'aube éclatante !... Dans la vie et la mort, reste avec moi !

Beautiful playing.

Wonderful music Ben.

A glorious hymn

Very beautiful played ❣❣❣

This was the most requested funeral hymn I played. In the last verse I built up to full organ, with a lift in the last line at each of the commas. This gave extra power to the words.

Wow beautiful please upload many videos

Beautifully played. A lovely hymn.

I love this Hymn. Thank you!!

Keep playing forever

Indeed. One of my favorites.

Beautiful. Discovered this hymn just yesterday and I had it on my church hymnary! I will try to teach it here in Portugal.

Friede Friede den Nahen und den Fernen. Ich will sie heilen, spricht der Herr

I agree Ben and you played it beautifully. I love these pipe organs very much it is always a treat to see the other keys coupled with what you play. Very beautiful indeed.

So beautiful. Thank you.

Beautiful legato playing Ben. Your use of the different keyboards is so effective. Well done. I also accompany our congregation quite often with this Hymn. Rudi from South Africa

Thank you for a lovely performance

I'm glad that you did more verses than planned, this is my fav hymn, thank you for doing this one, 😺💕♥️🇨🇦💞🐾❤️

I grew up singing this hymn at so many funerals.

Enlivening!!!

Beautiful video work, the whole presentation is pefection!

Love this. Well played, my friend.

Where were the low pedal notes to shake my subwoofer silly????

Beautiful.

very nice recording...All notes heard...the BASS is a big thing to me

Beautiful! Great registration! Good crisp sound. Thanks!

Beautiful hymn As a variation I play the melody with RH on one manual, the Alto and Tenor with LH on another manual and the Bass notes on the Pedal

Perfection!

perfection

Absolutely banging tune

Help of the helpless, o, abide with me.

Beautiful - thank you 🙂

Beautifully done, Bravo!!!! For suggestions I'd love to hear The Holy City, as I believe it's another beautiful hymn and gives this gorgeous instrument another chance to REALLY shine! Congrats on an AMAZING job!

Beautiful!!

Very beautifully played. I shall soon upload my little ornamented version of this tune.🙂

Well played where is this church please?

Thanks

You beauty 👍.

This tune, hymn isn't known that well here in the U.S, which is a shame. I want to suggest Abide in Me to Elder Phillip, in our church, who spent a year (or more) in the U.K. after seminary, doing his musical internship. He is quite familiar with English hymns.

God Bless you man🙌🙌🙌🙌 heavenly organ music 🎶 🙏 Thanks for sharing....

little fast for mine but sounds nice

Excellent example of how to get different colours from a 2-manual instrument. I'd guess there are easily twice as many again. I was hoping for a verse with lots of suspensions (on most notes!), but this would probably not be appreciated by an accompanying choir. Lovely tempo, not dirgy.

Clara Butt (UK) sang a different "Abide With Me"

This was composed by an ancestor of mine and is always played at funerals. So poignant.

Wait till you play this piece on an organ that's well over 10 times larger than the organ you were playing. It's got 33,112 pipes and 449 ranks. It's the midmer losh located at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City New Jersey USA

I like your longer hair

Beautiful but too much fast!

Why did you cut your hair? It looked more devil may care and romantic poet, which is who you are. This is the quality that makes you so much more interesting and appealing than the normal “very good “ organist. Just saying…