 | Isaac Watts - 1836 - 758 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...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 by the... | |
 | John Rippon, Isaac Watts - 1836 - 922 pages
...to dust, Return, ye sotis 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;...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 thy... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1836 - 638 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,...as the watch that ends the night Before the rising dawn.] cr.^6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1836 - 154 pages
...sons away ; They die, forgotten, as a dream "* ^fore the opening day fc NO. IJ NATIONAL ffVMNS. 29 2 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carri'd downward by the flood, And lost in following years. 3 Our wasting lives grow shorter still,... | |
 | 1836 - 138 pages
...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 the rising sun. So teach us to compute our days, And so our hearts apply, That safely we, through wisdom's ways, May... | |
 | 1837 - 456 pages
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd its 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. Time like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They pass, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | 1837 - 548 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 fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
 | 1838 - 156 pages
...arm alone, And our defence is sure. 0 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years 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.) - 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.) - 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... | |
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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. 
