 | 1836 - 590 pages
...barbarously mutilated, being cut down to four stanzas; and among those which are omitted is the fine verse, ' Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same.' We shall give without comment two more specimens of what we deem most injudicious and tasteless alteration;... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns, English - 1836 - 758 pages
...And our eternal home : 2 Under the shadow of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 [Before the hills in order stood, Or earth recciv'd her frame ; From everlasting thou art God ; To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands... | |
 | John Rippon, Isaac Watts - Bible - 1836 - 922 pages
...And our eternal home. 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receivM her frame. From everlasting thou art Goa, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our... | |
 | Methodist new connexion, John Wesley - 1836 - 520 pages
...And our eternal home. 2 Under the shadow of thy throne, Still may we -dwell secure; Sufficient is thy arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages, in thy sight,... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 456 pages
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4. Time like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They pass, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | Lowell Mason, David Greene - Bible - 1837 - 582 pages
...secure: < Sufficient is thine arm alone, f And our defence is sure. 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne, 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. P 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return, ye sons of men;" - All nations rose from earth at... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1837 - 548 pages
...ages past, Our hope for years to come ! Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before... | |
 | Bible - 1838 - 156 pages
...Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 0 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless...watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while life shall last,... | |
 | James Holme (B.A.) - Bible - 1838 - 126 pages
...in ages past Our hope for years to come; Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 pages
...in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...as the watch that ends the night Before the rising dawn. Time, like an everlasting stream, Bears all his sons away ; They lly forgotten as a dream Dies... | |
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A thousand ages, in Thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Thy word commands our flesh to dust : "Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first. 
