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Text:O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:ST. ANNE
Composer:William Croft, 1678-1727

443. O God, Our Help in Ages Past

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 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.

3 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day.

5 O God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Be thou our Guard while life shall last,
And our eternal Home.

Text Information
First Line: O God, our Help in ages past
Title: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2019
Scripture:
Topic: General Music for Worship: Trust
Tune Information
Name: ST. ANNE
Composer: William Croft, 1678-1727
Meter: CM
Key: C Major



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