With no musical accompaniment whatsoever, Susan Boyle's voice approaches heaven-like reverence on her cover of the hymn "Abide with Me." While fans love her takes on contemporary hits, one of Boyle's ...

The opening of the hymn is based on Luke 24:29, “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”, while the penultimate verse draws on 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is thy ...

Henry Francis Lyte was a British singer known for his deep love of hymns and church music. Though most people remember him as a poet and minister, his singing brought warmth and emotion to many church ...

English hymn Abide With Me, said to be a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, has been dropped from the list of tunes to be played at the Beating the Retreat ceremony on January 29, PTI reported on Saturday, ...

A British hymn, said to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite, was dropped from India's annual Republic Day celebrations, as part of what the government says is an "ongoing process of decolonising India". The ...

A group of Hindustani classical artistes were setting to music a translation of the hymn in Hindustani under the direction of Ustad Arif Ali Khan of the Kairana gharana The group that is singing the ...