Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Ere mountains reared their forms sublime
Topic: God/His Being and Perfections
Writer: <no first name given> Lyte
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 25
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEre mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or heaven and earth in order stood,
Before the birth of ancient time,
From everlasting thou art God.
A thousand ages, in their flight,
With thee are a s 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.