Westminster Abbey - Oh God Our Help in Ages Past
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- Sorry for the editing glitch at the beginning, must re-upload! Choir and congregation sing this classic. Men and boys of the choir do a verse on their own, then all join in for the last verse with a soaring descant from the trebles.
The hymns of the Church of England are surely the best of all the churches.
i love old hymns, and i love this one!
im 15 and i just love God so much!
i love England too!
God is so amazing and its beautiful when people worship him with hymns!
Hello Are U Still Here!!!???
Amen. Praise the Lord Jesus! May he bless 🇬🇧.
So beautiful i want to cry....
Our country does not realise what it is losing slowly but surely....
There are few things finer than this, a beautiful room full of people SINGING with a pipe organ...AMEN!
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (November 7, All Saints' Sunday), we sang this as our closing hymn. It is #632 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. May God bless all those who have gone before us.
We are all living in such difficult times these days........if people would reflect on these lyrics, and contemplate on the truth of what they speak, they would find comfort.
It makes me happy to be an Anglican
I've always felt at home at Westminster Abbey. This is a great presentation by the Abbey choir. They are so rehearsed and sound absolutely fantastic. It arouses the spirituality in those who attend.
Darkness can't last. The sun will rise. "I wait for the Lord to help me like night watchmen wait for the dawn." (Psalm 130:6)
I will never forget the day I first heard this as a boy during the early days of WW II
London was then in the middle of the Blitz...
The US Episcopal Hymnbook was full of Kipling verses then.
Lovely hymn, praise our God forever and ever, amen amen.✝✝✝❤❤❤
One of the greatest, most beautiful, beloved hymns of all time with the most moving, meaningful lyrics. Sends chills up my spine to hear it done by this great choir. No wonder the great President Reagan wanted it sang at his funeral.
I pray that ALL of the cathedrals and churches in The British Isles, and all across Europe would once again resound with choirs and congregations singing hymns of prayer and praise!!!!
So when you say “The British Isles” you obviously mean Ireland 🇮🇪 as well as Great Britain 🇬🇧.
Thankyou for the music, good to see the classics!
The gospel is the counterintuitive, joyous, exuberant news that Jesus has brought the unending, limitless, stunning love of God to even us.
I find that these old hymns make me think and inspires me a lot in a nice way they are humbling. Thank you putting them together
Yes, the music is grand in the hymns, and the words are as powerful as you can get.
The lyrics to this hymn are exceptional. I listen to them and I'm moved deeply.
What a great Organ at the Westminster Abbey
What are wonderful hymn!! To God be the Glory. Thank you. Stephanas
I cannot think of anything more uplifting than seeing and listening to these
angelic trebles singing. As an old ex choir boy, I know well how hard they
work to produce such beautiful music. God bless them, each and every one.
One of my all time favourite song. My Goodness those boyz took it to the heavens.
This is just splendid. Anytime i worship at the Abbey, its always an awesome experience. The Harrison & Harrison Organ is a grand instrument
My favorite hymn!!
God is my hope forever... read the bible and live forever!!
One of the Greatest Hymns of the Christendom
TruthLightSeeker, I hope God guides you to the Truth, the Way and the Life. God bless you today.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. This past Sunday (September 21), I played this for our Sunday School Assembly. Just thought I'd share.
This is by far the best version I have ever heard,and the one for the congresswoman's funeral in National Cathedral years ago. Timeless classic.
One of the greatest, most beautiful, beloved hymns of all time with the most moving, meaningful lyrics from the pen of the great Isaac Watts. Sends chills up my spine to hear it done by this great choir. No wonder the great President Reagan wanted it sang at his funeral.
the descent from ''2:05'' is simply breathtaking!!! lovely harmony of minor chords
It's good to know there are still God fearing Brits.
Beautiful and Glorious...No one comes to the Father but by Me, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Beautiful, majestic hymn and an addition of my favorite Kyrie from the Taize' community.
kariebeez do you know what version of kyrie is it? I'm looking for it but I didn't manage to discover...
that treble descant just soars doesn't it? hymns should always be done like this!!!!
Don't worry about it - we can live with the start - thank you for posting this glorious piece for us to see/hear and enjoy.
In Indonesia we have this song in Kidung Jemaat KJ 330. Kau, Allah, Benteng Yang Baka
Translated by H. A. Pandopo / J. M. Malessy, 1978 / 1983
Thanks be To God for the hearing of this great Hymn
What a thrill for all in attendance! Beautiful music, beautiful sanctuary, beautiful worship!
Thanks for sharing this.
All inspirational hymns full of "hope"
wow, and sung so beautifully. the choir did an amazing job!
timeless message and beauty......
So beautiful i want to cry....
Its so sad that our traditions are being worn away.
Wonderful organ work and lovely hymn.
One of my fa ourite childhood hymns and my wife
...and the boy soprano descant at the end is just gorgeous...
I wish everyone in the u.s. knew this beautiful hymn. Now more than ever
It is sung in every town and village in Britain on Remembrance Sunday in November. I assumed it was fairly well known in the USA as well but perhaps not.
ANOTHER FANTASTIC HYMN FROM THE ANGLICANS...SUNG BEAUTIFULLY BY THIS GREAT CHOIR..SUNG WITH A LOT OF PURPOSE... GREAT WORK BY THE CHOIR BOYS
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home:
Benearth the shadow of thy throne,
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
This song is a great reminder of the choral might of the Christian church of yesteryear. The a cappella third verse is simply glorious in this performance, due largely to the boy soprano floating the high notes sans vibrato. I love listening to these old hymns for their rich texts, something lacking a bit in today's contemporary style.
OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO COME
This is such a great recording of the song, but needs the re-edit. I only wished they performed all six verses of the song. Just love the sound of that organ.
As Christians we suffer as Christ suffered but also share His joy of resurrection and everlasting life. Allelulujah
I agree, and that stuff about youth that doesn't like classic quality hymns nd stuff. I'm still at secondary school, and every1's complaining about low-quality music of modern kind in church.
ANOTHER FABULOUS HYMN SUNG BEAUTIFULLY
i miss old hymns... my father has taught us a lot of these from the hymnals.
Can we stop making these ludicrous comments with regards to the Catholic Church, baptists etc and just listen to this beautiful music?
Praise God.
Thanks for sharing.
God bless †
WOW. THAT WAS AN AMAZING CHOIRS!!!
This hymn was sung at our local church service before sunset on December 31, 1999, the last day of the century.
Beautiful hymn!
Pure Class! why cant catholics have magnificent songs like this
What are you talking about! We Catholics also have sung this hymn at our masses, as well as “How Great Thou Art” and “Faith of Our Fathers.”
Breathtaking! Thank you!
We will sing the Kyrie at our Easter Vigil this year. It is just marvelous, beautiful, moving, solemn, ...
Come to St. Mary in horto (Neuwerkkirche), Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, this Easter Sunday at 5:30 a.m.
WOW.!!!
One of my favorite hymns.
AMEN Praise God Our Father
I love descants, though some of them can be messy or overdone. The best ones are organ and choir only, with the trebles soaring above the melody in a descant. The last verses I'm not so keen on are the ones where they throw in drums, trumpets and - yuk - cymbal crahes. The very best descants are by Sir David Willcox.
I agree. I always insist no trumpets every year for midnight Mass when i play Wilcox O Come All Ye Faithful. Trumpets would completely ruin it. The organ stands on its own.
It's me, again. This is to all denominations: If Isaiah 43:1-7, 11-12 is read as your Scripture for the day, this is a good hymn to compliment it. I think of Sadhu Sundar Singh, born 1889, who was a Sikh who converted to Christianity at the age of 14. His father denounced him and even attempted to murder him. But with the help of nearby Christians, he survived. He spent the next 25 years spreading the Gospel in India and Tibet.
Beautiful. My word, doesn't that organ thunder!
"well, you're dead on!"
What a great statement. Good "speeling."
😃 " Other than a video editing problem at the beginning and end, THIS is a magnificent rendition. "
Je hebt absoluut gelijk Principaal! Amen.
Very good music and singing! Congrats and best regards Karlheinz
@encpirateman There's nothing much better than a traditional, well trained Anglican Choir of Boys & Men, singing traditional pieces, in high-ceiling cathedrals and churches. accompanied by a great organist on a massive pipe organ. It's awe-inspiring, both visually and acoustically.
WHAT CAN I SAY,,IT DOESN`T GET ANY BETTER FROM THIS CHOIR
The Great St. Ann theme. Long may it ring upon the earth. "Oh God Our Help is Ages Past… and Our Eternal Home. May it be for YOU… today… Our Eternal Home. Sent with love. CVD
@ebenasire And the 1929 BCP (now Rite I) reads like Shakespeare. The current version reads like it was written by a committee of lawyers and social workers.
awesome those earthquaking 32's on final stanza!
thanks for posting. no worries on the little glitch. it is a big hymn and can take a little nick without noticing a thing.
I loved this when I Was a Christian. Now I'm an atheist and I sing. No God, No Help in Agest Past, No Hope for years to come.
There is no hope for the atheist to come to the judgment seat.
That's ok, because there is no judgement seat
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It sure does. I would love to attend a service there.
Tremendous!
Indeed.
our hope in 2009!!
If one wants good church music, one attends Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, St. Thomas 5th Avenue, Leicester Cathedral, the list goes on and on. Yes, I have attended roman catholic cathedrals in Europe. Sadly (yes much like Anglican) they were mostly empty. At least we keep the tradition alive.
You are right. I like Catholic chant and sounthern hymns both.
@encpirateman Greatest choral tradition in the world, for sure.
I pray that you upload a new update to this.... The current posting is disrespectful!
Indeed. It's a paraphrase of Psalm 90 (by Isaac Watts)
GREAT ORGAN ACCOMPLIMENT ALSO. ITS A GREAT CHOIR PACKAGE.
This is a very nice video. Don't worry about the glitch in the beginning. Very minor! Anyway, that sounded like a descant on the last verse of "O God Our Help In Ages Past."
England's waning Christian Faith directly affected their position as a world power.
"And fight and suffer war " beautiful hymn but the BBC needs to re edit!
I agree!
WOW!
Revun,
Don't wish to detract from your enjoyment... but it's "ethereal." And as far as that adjective is concerned, well, you're dead on!
KPP
The message went in the wrong place. This was the first sentence I was referring to, from nunodefaria:
"half of these hymns were composed to be sung in catholic churches! And most still are."
Amen!
notyobs,very grateful for your sharing.Thank you sir/madam whomever. its not my business, nevertheless ,I'm in your debt'merry Christmas to you and yours God bless. Terence
This British congregation can sing this beautiful uplifting hymn with power and the right tempo ! The organ sounds majestic and it doesn't drown the congregation's voices. There is a video of the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral Washington D.C. Sept 14th 2001 attended by dignitaries ( Billy Graham, President Bush) and this hymn was played, but it lacked the uplifting power. Perhaps the acoustics was a factor. This is sung so well that the glitch doesn't bother me.