 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood, And lost in following years. *' Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening dny. " O God ! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ; Be thou our guatd while troubles... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carry'd downward by the flood,... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1812 - 530 pages
...dust, " Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | John Wesley, Charles Wesley - Hymns, English - 1816 - 602 pages
...is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. • Before the hills in order stood, On earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless,...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 3 The husy trihes of flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward hy the flood,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1817 - 610 pages
...Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 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 The husy trihes of. flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward hy the... | |
 | John Wesley - 1818 - 306 pages
...order stood, Or earth recei>'d her frame; From everlasting thou art God} To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, ,/j/ With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1818 - 612 pages
...dust, " Iteturn ye sons of men •." AH nat,ons rose from eartn at first, « And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, -; Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, } Are carry'd downwards hy the... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - Hymns, English - 1818 - 684 pages
...to dust. " Return, ye sons of men :" All nations rose from earth at first. Aud turn to earth again. A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, "With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood,... | |
 | Richard Marks - Christian life - 1818 - 232 pages
...its value, and then it is in vain to wish its return, or to entreat its stay. So true it is, that " Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day." Unhappy, heedless children of this world ! when will ye become wise? When will ye understand these... | |
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...order stood, Or earth received her 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 But, like an ever-flowing stream, Time bears its sons away ; They fly, 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 Time, like an ever-rolling stream. Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 
