...asked, holding it up in front of him. or "O God," he said, squinting at the page, "our Help in ages past, our Hope for years to come, Our Shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal Home." From somewhere on the street below came the laughter and shouts of neighborhood children. They were...

...children cling to their household tyrants. To quote a popular hymn, we speak of God as "our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home" because "in ages past" we were vulnerable children who needed the physical protection of parents, no...

...(1674-1748), we give thanks for what has been, and we look forward to what is to come: O God, our help in ages past, / Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, / And our eternal home! A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an ev'ning gone; Short as the watch that ends the night / Before...

...The jealous strutters mumble-sing the hymns, but I blare. Oh, God our help in ages past, our hope in years to come. Our shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home. The Reverend looks up from his hymn book. Why such disapproval on his face? In me he has a singer....