...Tradition of Dr. Watts in English Historical Perspective Our God, our help in ages past Our hope for years to come Our shelter from the stormy blast And our eternal home. ISAAC WATTS, The Psalms of David Imitated, 1719 While Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is called the father...

...ANNOUNCEMENTS •HYMN NO. Ill "O God, Our Help rn Ago Pose" St. Anne O Cod, our help in ages put. 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: Short as the watch that ends the night Before...

...stained glass for his attention. The jealous strutters mumble-sing the hymns, but I blare. Oh, God our help in ages past, our hope in years to come....shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home. The Reverend looks up from his hymn book. Why such disapproval on his face? In me he has a singer....

...up in front of him. or "O God," he said, squinting at the page, "our Help in ages past, our Hope for years to come, Our Shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal Home." From somewhere on the street below came the laughter and shouts of neighborhood children. They were...

...what has been, and we look forward to what is to come: O God, our help 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 ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night / Before...

...household tyrants. To quote a popular hymn, we speak of God as "our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home" because "in ages past" we were vulnerable children who needed the physical protection of parents, no...

...similar themes when he wrote "O God, Our Help in Ages Past": O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home! Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our...

...faithfulness to you as His child. "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! Under the shadow of Thy throne still may we dwell secure; sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defense...

...Listen, with your heart. Doris V. Neumann Soli Deo Gloria! -1God, The Father Of Our Lord Jesus Christ "Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. " Isaac Watts SALUTATION: "Our Father, Which art in heaven" One cannot speak of the unity of Jesus...