The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

For other versions of this text, see Our God, Our Help in Ages Past.
For other versions of this tune, see St. Anne.
The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920)
edited by Henry Augustine Smith
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts
(St. Anne by William Croft)
1737448The Army and Navy Hymnal — Our God, Our Help in Ages PastIsaac Watts
(St. Anne by William Croft)

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