Frail youth are in a slippery path

Frail youth are in a slippery path

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: FARNHAM (English)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Frail youth are on a slippery path,
Beset with mighty foes;
Surrounded with disease and death,
Unnumbered sins and woes.

2 Their passions war against the soul,
And lead their feet astray;
Submitting to the world’s control,
They shun the narrow way.

3 To vanities of time and sense,
Their youthful hearts are prone;
How difficult to draw them thence,
To seek a heav’nly goal.

4 Great God, the work is wholly Thine,
To guide our erring youth;
Do Thou their wandering hearts incline,
To seek the ways of truth.

5 Restrain impetuous passions, Lord,
Upwards direct their eyes;
Give them a heart to know Thy word,
And all Thy counsels prize.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15711

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Frail youth are in a slippery path
Author: Benjamin Beddome
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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