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Text:Advice to Youth

XIII. Advice to Youth

1 Now, in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator God:
Behold, the months come hastening on,
When you shall say — my joys are gone!

2 Behold the aged sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With bitterest curses on his head.

3 The dust returns to dust again;
The soul, in agonies of pain,
Ascends to God; not there to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.

4 Eternal king! I fear thy name;
Teach me to know — how frail I am —
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy love.

Text Information
First Line: Now in the heat of youthful blood
Title: Advice to Youth
Language: English
Publication Date: 1787
Scripture: ;
Notes: Public Domain.
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