Eternally He Is the Same

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Seasons and times are all changing

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Seasons and times are all changing]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Seasons and times are all changing,
Mortality must decay;
Today the flowers are blooming,
Tomorrow they fade away;
But there is one thought of comfort,
Joyfully this we proclaim:
God our eternal Foundation,
Remaineth forever the same.

Refrain:
He is the same,
Blest be His name!
Now and forever His praises proclaim;
Now and always,
The Ancient of days,
The God of the Ages,
Remaineth the same.

2 What tho’ the heathen be raging,
What tho’ the world scoff and jeer?
What tho’ our foes be unnumbered?
We have no reason to fear;
He who subdued the rough tempest—
Christ is His glorious name—
He who is Victor of Victors,
Remaineth forever the same. [Refrain]

3 Heaven and earth both shall vanish
When judgment thunders shall roll,
And the ungodly shall perish,
Reaching their unhappy goal,
But they who trust in their Savior,
When all the world is aflame,
On their unshaken Foundation,
Remaineth forever the same. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #181

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Seasons and times are all changing
Title:	Eternally He Is the Same
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Refrain First Line:	He is the same
Copyright:	Public Domain