O God Our Help In Ages Past

This magnificent hymn, written by Isaac Watts and music by William Croft with the great tune, 'St. Anne', was inspired by Psalm 90 and is a prayer of confident hope, especially in time of trouble, to the unchanging and eternal God who is our loving provider, protector and promised destiny. Sung beautifully by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge with reflections of passing time in the midst of the foundations of faith.

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[Man4God4eva]

Thanks for the beautiful music, piddflicks, God bless you!

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (November 6, All Saints' Sunday), we sang this as our closing hymn. I also played it as the Hymn of the Day at a local Lutheran Church that I filled in at. It is #632 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. May God bless all of those who have gone before us.

[Cagedvole]

The piano part at the beginning is the first few bars of J S Bach's great "St Anne" fugue. It's really an organ piece, and it is played on the organ at the end of this clip, but of course cuts out well before the end. Search for "J S Bach 'St Anne' fugue, organ" and you'll find lots of versions to choose from!

[banjolele0916]

to me, the wonderful part of this is the piano at the beginning. anyone know where i can find the whole thing? the link here seems to just be to the choral version. thanks.

[frzam7]

Amen!

[ironclad452]

Fantastic! Thank you for posting this :)

[AntiquityCentury21]

Excellent, a great hymn. The singing and organ is wonderful here, a superb post!

[simply1tom]

great music

[713davidh42]

Fine video of one of the great hymns. The organ is great at the end.