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Show B WROTE "ABIDE WITH ME." Immortal Hymn the Last Work of B Devout Christian. H At tho ago of fltty-fotir I'.yto fotiml B himself doomed to die of consumption, B ard In sorrow nt having to leave his B tafk tmllnlHhcd lie prayod that at tin B Ica5t ll might be granted to him to B wrlto something which would live to B tho glory of God whon ho was dead. B Then on tho last evening ho over spent at Dtlxhnm, after preaching his B farewell sermon, lin took pen, and m B (ho sun was setting over tho ships that lay In tho harhor "Ahldo with Mo" was written. Noxt morning ho B started for tho Rlvlora and then died B..j- a month later. London Tol-iriph. ( |