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Play “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
Free accompaniment for O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 7 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1O God, our Help in ages past,
- Our Hope for years to come,
- Our Shelter from the stormy blast
- And our eternal Home!
- 2Beneath the shadow of Thy throne
- Thy saints have dwelt secure:
- Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
- And our defense is sure.
- 3Before the hills in order stood,
- Or earth received her frame,
- From everlasting Thou art God,
- For aye wilt be the same.
- 4A thousand ages in Thy sight
- Are like an evening gone,
- Short as the watch that ends the night
- Before the rising sun.
- 5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
- Bears all its sons away;
- They fly, forgotten, as a dream
- Dies at the opening day.
- 6O God, our Help in ages past,
- Our Hope for years to come,
- Be Thou our Guard while troubles last
- And our eternal Home!
- 7Amen.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the O God, Our Help in Ages Past page.
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