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It's got a singer Amelie Sandi singing a bide with me that first stands there during the opening ceremony Saturday

for the London Summer Olympics.

It is a hymn that is often sung at the close of day, also often sung at the close of life.

It is I will tell you at the outset of our study of this hymn among my favorite hymns in all of

Christian hymnady abide with me. Welcome back to issues et cetera coming to you from the

studios of Lutheran Public Radio and Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us in. Dr. Arthur Just joins us for the next hour to talk about the hymn

abide with me. He's professor of New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne,

Indiana, an author of the two volume Concordia commentary on Luke and the book Heaven on Earth,

The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service. Dr. Just welcome back to issues et cetera.

Wonderful to be with you Todd especially for this hymn. I think many of us claim this to be one of

our favorites. I know it was my mother's favorite and it certainly is one of mine. So I think your

ears all of them can resonate with our love for this hymn. Now it is categorized in most hymnals

as an evening hymn but it functions in the life of the church and has in the life of Christendom

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