A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help... Hymns, anthems, and psalms, compiled by W. Burgh - Page 70edited by - 1826 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| Bible - 1830 - 550 pages
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal Home ! 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure : Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before... | |
| Bible - 1830 - 458 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 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, ' Return, ye sons of men :' All nations rose from earth at first,... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...defence (castra) inviolable (non violandus) by the hostile hand. EXERCISE XLVI I. (same continued). Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...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... | |
| Christian worship - 1830 - 482 pages
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ; 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone; And our defence...sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art GOD, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our... | |
| 1830 - 200 pages
...shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or Earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are as an ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before... | |
| 1831 - 534 pages
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone. And our defence...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust : " Return ye sons of men," All nations rose from earth at first,... | |
| Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...stormy blast, And our eternal home ; — 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; < Sufficient is thine arm alone, * And our...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... | |
| Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 584 pages
...Beneath the shadow of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; < Sufficient is thine arm alone, t And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order...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... | |
| Lant Carpenter - Hymns, English - 1831 - 458 pages
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home! 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence...sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in... | |
| William Hiley Bathurst - Bible - 1831 - 332 pages
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ; 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; And still shall endless love be shown... | |
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