Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Ere mountains reared their forms sublime
Topic: God/His Being and Perfection
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Beethoven
Hymn Number: 19
Page Number: 011, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEre mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or heaven and earth in order stood--
Before the birth of ancient time,
Form everlasting thou art God.
A thousand ages, in their flight,
With thee are as a fleeting day;
Past, present, future, to thy sight
At once their various scenes display.
But our brief life's a shadowy dream--
A passing thought, that soon is o'er--
That fades with morning's earliest beam,
And fills the musing mind no more.
To us, O Lord, the wisdom give
Each passing moment so to spend,
That we at length with thee may live,
Where life and bliss shall never end.