1 God of my childhood and my youth,
The guide of all my days,
I have declared thy heav'nly truth,
And told thy wond'rous ways.
2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?
Who shall sustain my sinking years,
If GOD, my strength, depart?
3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim
To the surviving age,
And leave a savour of thy name
When I shall quit the stage.
4 The land of silence and of death
Attends my next remove;
O may these poor remains of breath
Teach the wide world thy love.
Pause.
5 Thy righteousness is deep and high,
Unsearchable thy deeds;
Thy glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all my praise exceeds.
6 Oft have I heard thy threatnings roar,
And oft endur'd the grief;
But when thy hand has prest me sore,
Thy grace was my relief.
7 By long experience have I known
Thy sov'reign pow'r to save;
At thy command I venture down
Securely to the grave.
8 When I lie bury'd deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care;
These with'ring limbs with thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair.
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First Line: | God of my childhood and my youth |
Title: | The aged Christian's Prayer and Song; or, Old Age, Death, and the Resurrection |
Meter: | Common Metre |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1780 |
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