Scripture Verse

A thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Psalm 90:4

Introduction

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John W. Chadwick
1840–1904

Words: John W. Chad­wick (1840–1904).

Music: Ware­ham Will­iam Knapp, 1738 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when this hymn was writ­ten, would you ?

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William Knapp
1698–1768

Lyrics

Thou glorious God, before whose face
The generations pass away,
As, to our eyes, the tender grace
And marvel of each shining day!

We thank Thee for the joy sublime
Of years so radiant with Thy power
That all the best of endless time
Seems granted to the fleeting hour.

We praise Thee for the surer right,
The clearer message from above,
The lengthening day, the shortening night,
The wiser ministries of love.

We bless Thee for the friends we miss,
Who made our peace, and stilled our pain;
We trust Thee on some height of bliss
To bring them close to us again.

We magnify Thy holy name;
And while in Thee our hearts rejoice,
Strong be our wills, through praise and blame,
To do the bidding of Thy voice.