 | Bible - 1838 - 156 pages
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the 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
...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;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They flv, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | 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... | |
 | General Baptist assoc - 1838 - 440 pages
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return, ye...of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And tarn to earth again. 5 A thonsand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that... | |
 | Edward Davies (of Kingswinford) - 1839 - 296 pages
...With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood, And lost in following years. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...as the watch that ends the night Before the rising son. So teach us to compute our da}-?, And so our hearts apply, That safely we, through wisdom's ways,... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - Hymns, English - 1839 - 634 pages
...ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. [5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night QA THIRD PART. CM- Windmr. *' v/« Death the consequence of original transgression. af 1 LORD, if thine... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - Bible - 1839 - 780 pages
...dust, ' Return, ye sons of men ;' All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again.] 5 A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short sis the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flpsh and blood, With... | |
 | Lionel Adey - Music - 1986 - 294 pages
...and total dependence of human civilisations, including the present that barely tolerates Dissenters: Thy Word commands our flesh to dust. "Return, ye sons...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Are carried downwards by the flood And lost in following years. Time, like an ever-rolling stream Bears... | |
 | Donald E. Demaray - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 412 pages
...with Watts's characteristic boldness and simplicity: A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun." Newton's harsher verse in "The Day of Judgement" has something of this natural imagery, boldness and... | |
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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. 
