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God’s Eternal (Complaint) 357
Tune: Ezra Parmenter, 1791; Arranged by Thomas Jefferson Allen, 1893
Alto: W. J. Deal, 1902
Lyrics: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Spare us, O Lord, aloud we cry,
Nor let our sun go down so soon;
Thy years are one eternal day,
And must Thy children die so soon?