The same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8
Words: Jack C. Addie, in Banner Hymns, first edition (Fort Scott, Kansas: Board of Publication, Church Advocate & Holiness Banner, 1904), alt.
Music: George W. Cooke, 1920. Appeared in Glad Tidings in Song, edited by William E. Biederwolf, John S. Hamilton, Bob Jones, E. C. Miller & Henry W. Stough (Chicago, Illinois: Glad Tidings Publishing, 1921), page 21 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Addie or Cooke (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
When Moses and his people
From Egypt’s land did flee,
Their enemies behind them, and
In front of them the sea;
God raised the waters like a wall,
And opened up the way;
And the God that lived in Moses’ time,
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Is just the same today!
He’s just the same today,
He’s just the same today:
The God that lived in Moses’ time
Is just the same today!
When Jonah left his duty and
Was swallowed by a whale,
The guilt and anguish that he bore
No human tongue can tell;
God helped him reach dry land again,
When willing to obey,
And the God that lived in Jonah’s time,
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When Daniel, faithful to his God,
Would not bow down to men,
And by God’s enemies was hurled
Into the lions’ den;
God shut the lions’ mouths, we read
And robbed them of their prey;
And the God that lived in Daniel’s time,
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When Pentecost was fully come,
And fire from Heav’n did fall,
That mighty wind, the Holy Ghost,
Baptized them one and all;
Three thousand were converted,
And chose the heav’nly way,
And the God that lived at Pentecost,
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