Henry Lyte was left a vagrant at nine years old and was taken in by a thoughtful Irish priest named Dr. Robert Acquires.
Despite the fact that Dr. Acquires had five offspring of his own, he took Henry in and paid for his tutoring.
Henry continued in Dr. Acquires strides and went to Trinity School in Dublin, where he won prizes and grants for verse.
Henry graduated in 1814 and turned into an appointed service of the Congregation of Britain.
Henry exhausted himself dealing with the wiped out and before long needed to visit France to recapture wellbeing.
Henry and his better half Anna went through their days conveying for the wiped out and poor each and every day and visiting hotter France in the colder time of year.
Henry turned out to be sick with tuberculosis and was not supposed to live significantly longer.
At 45 years old, Henry arranged a goodbye discourse for the morning of September 4, 2847 which incorporated the verses of Stay With Me.
Henry Lyte spent away 10 weeks subsequent to teaching his goodbye message.