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Hymn: Ere mountains reared their forms sublime (FL)

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

Lyics

Ere 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.