Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Our God our help in ages past
Topic: God/In Providence
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 75
Page Number: 046, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOur God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!
Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine are alone,
And our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame.
From everlasting thou are 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:
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while trouble last,
And our eternal home.