25 | Trinity Hymnal#26a | 26b |
Text: | Our God, our Help in ages past |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft |
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 Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defense 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 The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downward by thy flood,
And lost in following years.
6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
7 Our God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Be thou our Guard while troubles last,
And our eternal Home.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our God, our Help in ages past |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Funerals; God: Defender; God: Divine Perfections of(8 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | William Croft |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Supplement to the New Version, 1708 |