31 Days of Hymns - Day 7

O God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts

I LOVE this rendition by Jon Yerby http://journeyonmusic.net/track/o-god-our-help-in-ages-past

I'm not sure, but this may be a more traditional version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDN623rmnEY

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


Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.


Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From 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 the rising sun.


Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day.


O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last
And our eternal home!


Source: Lutheran Service Book #733

http://www.hymnary.org/text/our_god_our_help_in_ages_past

31 Days of Hymns - Day 6

 beautiful rendition by Jon Yerby:  http://journeyonmusic.net/track/jesus-my-strength-my-hope

 My God, My Strength, My Hope by Charles Wesley

My God, my strength, my hope,
On Thee I cast my care,
With humble confidence look up,
And know Thou hear’st my prayer.
Give me on Thee to wait,
Till I can all things do;
On Thee, almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.

I want a sober mind,
A self-renouncing will,
That tramples down and casts behind
The baits of pleasing ill;
A soul inured to pain,
To hardship, grief, and loss,
Bold to take up, firm to sustain,
The consecrated cross.

I want a godly fear,
A quick-discerning eye,
That looks to Thee when sin is near,
And bids the tempter fly;
A spirit still prepared,
And armed with jealous care,
Forever standing on its guard,
And watching unto prayer.

I want a true regard,
A single, steady aim,
Unmoved by threatening or reward,
To Thee and Thy great name;
This blessing above all,
Always to pray, I want:
Out of the deep on Thee to call,
And never, never faint.


I rest upon Thy word;
The promise is for me;
My succor and salvation, Lord,
Shall surely come from Thee;
But let me still abide,
Nor from my hope remove,
Till Thou my patient spirit guide
Into Thy perfect love.


A Book of Hymns for Private and Public Devotion (15th ed.), 1848
http://www.hymnary.org/text/jesus_my_strength_my_hope