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Hymnal Number
561Resource Type:
Keys included:
C
About this Hymn
"Arise, and shine long as a fair example of holiness in a dark and wicked world, and let every year of life brighten thy character on earth and enlarge thy reward in heaven. Then shall it appear that life is thine in the sweetest sense, when every stage and period of it shall add new honors to the name of thy God"(Isaac Watts). In the United Kingdom this paraphrase of Psalm 90 has been used honorably for important commemorations, especially Remembrance Day, and in many places it is often associated with New Year services. It serves these situations well because it speaks of God's timeless, unchanging nature, which offers us stability and reliability in a rapidly changing, unstable world.
Lyrics
Verse 1
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.
Verse 2
Under the shadow of thy throne, thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.
Verse 3
Before the hills in order stood or earth received its frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same.
Verse 4
A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Verse 5
Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the op'ning day.
Verse 6
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our Guide while life shall last, and our eternal home!
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.
Verse 2
Under the shadow of thy throne, thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.
Verse 3
Before the hills in order stood or earth received its frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same.
Verse 4
A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Verse 5
Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the op'ning day.
Verse 6
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our Guide while life shall last, and our eternal home!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Isaac Watts, 1719, alt.
Music: William Croft, 1708; harm. W. H. Havergal, 1847, alt.
Music: William Croft, 1708; harm. W. H. Havergal, 1847, alt.