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210. Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

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1 Our 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 its 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 opening day.

5 Our 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: Our God, our help in ages past
Title: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts (1719; alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: God: Eternity; God: Protection
Tune Information
Name: ST. ANNE (Croft)
Composer (attr.): William Croft (1708)
Meter: CM
Key: C Major



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