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Text: | O God, our help in ages past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) |
Tune: | ST ANNE |
Composer (descant): | Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1875-1947) |
Composer (probable): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home;
2 Under the shadow of thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O God, our help in ages past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Funerals and The Departed; National and Remembrance; Death and Bereavement(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST ANNE |
Composer (descant): | Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1875-1947) |
Composer (probable): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Melody and bass from A Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms, 1708 |
Copyright: | Descant © Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd |