The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
T HE H OLY E UCHARIST October 10, 2021
Welcome to the Monastery Chapel. We warmly invite you to participate fully in our worship. Prelude
O God, our help in ages past (3 var.)
Entrance Hymn
O God, our help in ages past
James Woodman Hymnal 680
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O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home:
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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.
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under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.
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Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all our years away; they fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
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Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same.
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O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home.
Words: Isaac Watts (1674–1748), alt.; para. of Psalm 90:1–5
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