 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
 | Ephraim HOLDING (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]), George Mogridge - 1843 - 206 sider
...man's notice. Lose no time, however, for life is uncertain. How arrestingly solemn are the words— " Time, like an ever-rolling stream Bears all its sons...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Like flowery fields the nations etand, Pleased with the morning light: The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Isaac Watts - 1844 - 754 sider
...From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, — 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 carried downwards by the... | |
 | 1844 - 458 sider
...shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thy 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 ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1844 - 660 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 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, — Return, ye sons of men :" All nations rose from earth at... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1845 - 564 sider
...the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received iier frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1845 - 730 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 Thy word commands our flesh to dust — ' Return, ye sons of men ;' All nations rose from earth at... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1845 - 264 sider
...man's notice Lose no time, however, for life is uncertain. How arrestingly s^1 ~~~ '*ie words — " Time, like an ever-rolling stream Bears all its sons...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day, Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light : The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1843 - 820 sider
...ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast. And our eternal home ; 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received...watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 lime, like an ever-rolling stream, ' i. LM Cown TIte Providence of Life. 1 ALMIGHTY King ! whose wondrous... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 390 sider
...speak of his imprisonment without fear. Twelve years is a long time to us, but it is nothing to God. "A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening...watch that ends the night, before the rising sun." He had not forgotten Joseph; He was working to a timetable, that was all. What an exhibit we have too... | |
 | Sylvia Roache - 2001 - 313 sider
...ever-rolling stream Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies with the opening day, A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun, —Isaac Watts Prayer: God my Father, you inhabit time and eternity. All time is in your hands. You... | |
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