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79 ~ Ere mountains Reared Their Forms Sublime

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Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, Or heaven and earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting Thou art God.

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A thousand years are in their flight, With Thee but as a fleeting day; Past, present, future, to Thy sight At once their various scenes display.

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But our brief life’s a shadowy dream, A passing thought that soon is o’er, That fades with morning’s earliest beam, And fills the musing mind no more.

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To us, O Lord, the wisdom give Each passing moment so to spend, That we at length with Thee may live Where life and bliss shall never end.