The devotional hymn "Abide in me, and I in you" was written by Bishop Edward Henry Bickersteth. Focusing on the foundational theological theme of spiritual union with Christ, the piece was originally composed in 1849.
Bickersteth first published the lyric in his 1852 volume, Water from the Well Spring.
Following its initial printing, the hymn was integrated into Bickersteth's larger congregational and poetic works. It was included as entry Number 79 in his Psalms and Hymns, published in 1858. Over a decade later, the text was preserved again in his substantial poetic collection, The Two Brothers (1871), where it occupies page 230.
Image: Bickersteth's Water from the Well-Spring. Source: PicClick UK
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