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"Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (or "O God, Our Help in Ages Past") is a hymn by Isaac Watts in 1708 that paraphrases the 90th Psalm of the Book of Psalms. It originally consisted of nine stanzas; however, in present usage the fourth, sixth, and eighth stanzas are commonly omitted to leave a total of six (Methodist hymn books also include the ...
O mighty God, when I behold the wonder Of nature's beauty, wrought by words of thine, And how thou leadest all from realms up yonder, Sustaining earthly life with love benign, Refrain: With rapture filled, my soul thy name would laud, O mighty God! O mighty God! (repeat) When I behold the heavens in their vastness, Where golden ships in azure ...
To a friend we send a message of the brave who serve on high. We drink to those who gave their all of old Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold. A toast to the host of those we boast, the U.S. Air Force! (Verse IV) Off we go into the wild sky yonder, Keep the wings level and true; If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder
Draper wrote it for his church's children's Whitsun festival celebrations and it was later published in 1919 in the Public School Hymn Book. [1] The hymn is currently used in 179 different hymn books. [2] The words written by St Francis are some of the oldest used in hymns after "Father We Praise Thee", written in 580 AD. [5]
A mighty fortress is our God, A mighty shield and weapon; He helps us free from ev'ry need That hath us now o'ertaken. The old evil foe Now means deadly woe; Deep guile and great might Are his dread arms in fight; On earth is not his equal. With might of ours can naught be done, Soon our loss effected; But for us fights the valiant One,
A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky; To serve the present age, My calling to fulfil: O may it all my powers engage To do my Master’s will! Arm me with jealous care, As in thy sight to live, And O! thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give: Help me to watch and pray, And on thyself rely,
Old Testament Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev, c. 1400 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). The Trisagion (Greek: Τρισάγιον; 'Thrice Holy'), sometimes called by its incipit Agios O Theos, [1] is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy in most of the Eastern Orthodox, Western Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
("Give Me That") "Old-Time Religion" (and similar spellings) is a traditional Gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs, [1] or earlier. It has become a standard in many Protestant hymnals , though it says nothing about Jesus or the gospel, and covered by many artists.