NI Centenary Parade: Stirring hymn floats out across Stormont as crowds assemble

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We begin the day’s coverage with this rendition of Christian classic Abide With Me, written by Scotsman Henry Lite in the 1840s, sung this morning on a stage just facing the statue of Lord Carson at Parliament Buildings:

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.

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