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. Hymns for the Sanctuary - Side 67av West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1849 - 520 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Ronald Arbuthnott Knox - 2001 - 196 sider
...congregation that celebrated his obsequies reminded one another, to the plaintive pealing of the organ, that Time like an ever-rolling stream bears all its sons...fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day, how many of them gave a thought to the poignantly contrasted character ofthat English king who built... | |
| 2001 - 242 sider
...of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone. Short as the watch that ends the night Before... | |
| Anthony R Brach - 2002 - 196 sider
...prosperity would not be so welcome. —Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672). Meditations Divine and Moral [1664], 3. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. —Isaac Watts. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (The Psalms of David) [1719]. Therefore all seasons shall... | |
| Kenneth W. Osbeck - 2002 - 404 sider
...shadow of Thy throne still may we dwell secure; sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. Before the hills in order stood or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, to endless years the same. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at... | |
| William Gadsby - 2002 - 374 sider
...Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before... | |
| Ronald Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott Knox - 2002 - 1128 sider
...congregation that celebrated his obsequies reminded one another, to the plaintive pealing of the organ, that Time like an ever-rolling stream bears all its sons...They fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day,2 how many of them gave a thought to the poignantly contrasted character of that English king who... | |
| Jan Wells - 2003 - 177 sider
...in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! Before the hills in order stood, or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, to endless years the same. By Isaac Watts, taken from Moses' Psalm 90. Days 4 and 5 - Genesis 2 and 3 1. Sometimes there will... | |
| Steve Hawley - 2003 - 185 sider
...Suspension of time exists only in the imagination. Isaac Watts expressed the reality with painful accuracy: Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly forgotten as a dream Dies at the opening day. The pleasant realm of imagination allows us to remain perpetually young. The harsh reality of time... | |
| Bobbie Wolgemuth, Joni Eareckson Tada - 2003 - 106 sider
...Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3. Before the hills in order stood, or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, to endless years the same. £L b T JJ J d J trr\ v X J 5 » 4 n n L ^ « \jj 4 « J « # 23 . _ * * M 9 . d* 9 » 1 J- * » *... | |
| Vyvyan Evans - 2003 - 308 sider
...nature of the Matrix Sense, abundant in literature, is attested by the following example: ( 1 1.20) Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before... | |
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