3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 7 Our God, our Help in ages past, Short as the watch that ends the night Be Thou our Guard while troubles last, Before the rising sun. And our eternal Home. Psalm xc. Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719 118 (ST. MAGNUS) C. M. 10 God, my Strength and Fortitude, 4 The Lord descended from above 2 My God, my Rock, in whom I trust, 5 3 I, when beset with pain and grief, On cherub and on cherubim Full royally He rode, 6 Unspotted are the ways of God, Psalm xviii. Thomas Sternhold, publ. 1561 Un-com-pre-hend - ed and un-bought, Be-yond all knowledge and all thought. A MEN. 2 O love of God, how deep and great! 3 O heavenly love, how precious still, 5 We read thee best in Him who came 6 We read thy power to bless and save, 4 O wide-embracing, wondrous love! 7 O love of God, our shield and stay WARE L. M. Rev. Horatius Bonar, 1861 George Kingsley, 1838 1 High in the heavens, E- ter- nal God, Thy good-ness in ##3 Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils and darkens Thy designs. A - MEN. 120 MIGDOL L. M. 3 Lowell Mason, 1840 4 1 Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zi- on waits; Prayer shall be siege Thy tem- ple gates: 3 All flesh shall to Thy throne re-pair, And find, through Christ, salvation there. ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe; His craft and power are great, And, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his 2 Did we in our own strength confide, Lord Sabaoth His Name, From age to age the same, And He must win the battle. 3 And though this world, with devils filled, We will not fear, for God hath willed The prince of darkness grim, — One little word shall fell him. 4 That word above all earthly powers, Through Him who with us sideth This mortal life also; His kingdom is for ever. Martin Luther, 1529. Trans. by Rev Frederick H. Hedge. 1853 |