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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Indian politicians and musicians are clashing over the decision to drop ‘Abide with Me’ from the Indian Beating Retreat Ceremony. As of 29 January 2022, the Indian patriotic song ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke ...

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

The hymn, known to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite, triggered controversy in 2020 when it did not appear in the list of tunes Special Force Commandos march during the full dress rehearsal of the ...

The Christian hymn, composed by Henry Francis Lyte in 1847, finds no mention in an Indian Army hand out released on Saturday with details of the ceremony, staged on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s death ...

The Congress on Saturday attacked the government over the dropping of one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite Christian hymns ‘Abide With Me’ from this year’s Beating Retreat ceremony, alleging that it was ...

Hymn "Abide With Me" has been dropped from this year's Beating Retreat ceremony on January 29. It was one of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite Christian hymns. This year's ceremony will conclude with 'Sare ...

A view of the bridge section of the Central Vista project site after the completion of the phase-1 work in Delhi on Saturday. (ANI photo) On being contacted by TOI, a defence ministry official said, “ ...

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 ...