Question: Who wrote the words to abide with me?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Who wrote the words to abide with me in 1847?
Who wrote the words to abide with me, 'Tis Eventide?
answer: Lyte
Henry Francis Lyte
Hofford
Martin Lowrie Hofford
Natural Questions answer: Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte (from the Wikipedia article "Abide with Me")