 | 1802 - 448 Seiten
...order stood Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting then art God, To endless years the same. 4. Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return ye sons of men:" All natiuns rose from earth at first And turn to i -::'.!i again. 5. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1806 - 530 Seiten
...earth r^ceiv'd her frame. To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands onr flesh to dnst, " Retnrn, ye sons of men:" All nations rose from earth at first, And tnrn to earth again. 5 A thonsand ages in thy sight Before the rising snn. 0 [The hasy trihes of flesh... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 Seiten
...GOD, To endless years; tlie same ! 3 Thy word commands our flesh to duit, " Return, ye sons of men i" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to...flesh and blood, With all their hopes and fears, Are carry'd downwards by the flood, And lost iu foll'\ving yearS. 5 Like flow'ry fields the nations stand,... | |
 | Collection - 1812 - 314 Seiten
...the stormy blast, I. PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTES. 19 2. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art GOD, To endless...rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4. Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | 1812 - 312 Seiten
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art GOD, To endless...rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. *- . Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light; The flowers beneath the... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1812 - 530 Seiten
...Metre. b God's Eternity, and Man's Mortality. 1 BEFORE the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame ; From everlasting, thou art God, To endless years the same. 2 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first,... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 Seiten
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, Fron everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return ye sons...rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 Seiten
...from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
 | John Wesley, Charles Wesley - 1816 - 602 Seiten
...is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. • Before the hills in order stood, On earth receiv'd 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... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1817 - 526 Seiten
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame ; From everlasting, thou art God, To endless years the same. 2 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return, ye...nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth agaiji. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the... | |
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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. 
