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 ThroneThy Saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is Thine Arm alone,And our defence is sure.
3Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame,From everlasting Thou art God,To endless years the Same.
4A thousand ages in Thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.
5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly forgotten, as a dreamDies 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.
Text from archive.org. Public domain in the US and UK.
Sung at the funeral of Winston Churchill. (source)
Where it comes in the service
In a Church of England funeral hymns may be sung at any suitable point; the Church's own step-by-step guide places one once everyone has gathered and another after the prayers. At a Catholic funeral Mass there is an entrance song, Communion hymns and a closing hymn at the procession.
Commonly sung: all six verses printed here: Watts wrote nine, and present usage omits his fourth, sixth and eighth, leaving these six. In step 5 you can tick exactly which verses to print.
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