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THE ARMY AND NAVY HYMNAL





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\header { tagline = ##f title = \markup { "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" "   " "1" } subsubtitle = "(ST. ANNE. C.M.)" composer = "William Croft, 1708" poet = "Isaac Watts, 1719" }
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\new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"2." Un4 -- der the sha -- dow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt se -- cure;2. Suf4 -- fi -- cient is thine arm a -- lone, And our de -- fence is sure.2. }
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"3." Be4 -- fore the hills in or -- der stood, Or earth re -- ceived her frame,2. From4 ev -- er -- last -- ing thou art God, To end -- less years the same.2. }
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"4." A4 thou -- sand a -- ges in thy sight Are like an eve -- ning gone;2. Short4 as the watch that ends the night Be -- fore the ris -- ing sun.2. }
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"5." Time,4 like an ev -- er -- roll -- ing stream, Bears all its sons a -- way;2. They4 fly, for -- got -- ten, as a dream Dies at the ope -- ning day.2. }
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