Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O God our help in ages past
Topic: God/Eternity
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: CM
Tune: Harvey's Chant
Hymn Number: 25
Page Number: 010, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO GOD, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!
Beneath the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm, alone,
And our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
Thy fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home!