How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?

With humble heart and tongue

Author: John Fawcett
Published in 162 hymnals

Representative Text

1 With humble heart and tongue,
Our God, to Thee I pray,
Oh, make me learn whilst we are young,
How we may cleanse our way.

2 Make us, unguarded youth,
The objects of Thy care,
Help us to choose the way of truth,
And fly from every snare.

3 Our hearts, to folly prone,
Renew by power divine,
Unite them to Thyself alone,
And make us wholly Thine.

4 Oh, let thy word of grace
Our warmest thoughts employ,
Be this through all our foll'wing days,
Our treasure and our joy.

5 To what Thy laws impart,
Be our whole soul inclined;
Oh, let them dwell within our heart,
And sanctify our mind.

6 May Thy young servants learn
By these to cleanse their way;
And may we hear the path discern
That leads to endless day.

Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #501

Author: John Fawcett

An orphan at the age of twelve, John Fawcett (b. Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England, 1740; d. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1817) became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller te… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: With humble heart and tongue
Title: How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?
Author: John Fawcett
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #548

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #548

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #617

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #132

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A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d447

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