O God, our help in ages past,

1.O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home:

2.Under the shadow of 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 her frame,
From 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 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.

6.O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guide while troubles last,
And our eternal home!

O for a thousand tongues to sing

1.O for a thousand tongues to sing
my dear Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!

2.My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim
and spread through all the earth abroad
the honors of thy Name.

3.Jesus! the Name that charms our fears
and bids our sorrows cease;
’tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’tis life and health and peace.

4.He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
he sets the prisoner free;
his blood can make the foulest clean;
his blood availed for me.

5.He speaks, and listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive;
the mournful broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.

6.Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
your loosened tongues employ;
ye blind, behold, your Savior come;
and leap, ye lame, for joy!