Text: | O God, our help in ages past |
Author: | I. Watts (1674-1748) |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | W. Croft (1678-1727) |
Composer (descant) and Arranger: | G. T. Shaw (1879-1943) |
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 Beneath the shadow of your throne
your people lived secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth from darkness came,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in your 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,
will bear us all away;
we pass forgotten, as a dream
dies with the dawning day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come
be our defence while life shall last,
and our eternal home!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O God, our help in ages past |
Author: | I. Watts (1674-1748) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (CM) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God, Father: Gracious and Merciful; Pentecost 18: The Offering of Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (attributed to): | W. Croft (1678-1727) |
Composer (descant) and Arranger: | G. T. Shaw (1879-1943) |
Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (CM) |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | A Supplement to the New Version 1708 |
Copyright: | desc. and arr. © Novello & Co Ltd |
Notes: | Includes separate descant and arrangement for verse 6. |