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Text:Give Thy Youth to God
Author:H. Bonar
Tune:DENNIS
Composer:John G. Nageli

181. Give Thy Youth to God

1 Give, thou, thy youth to God,
With all its budding love;
Send up thy op'ning heart to him,
Fix it on things above.

2 He seeks thy heart, my child;
He wants to make thee blest;
Thy soul with his own joy to fill,
To give thee peace and rest.

3 Take, thou, the side of God,
In all things great or small,
So shall he ever take thy side,
And bear thee safe thro' all.

Text Information
First Line: Give, thou, thy youth to God
Title: Give Thy Youth to God
Author: H. Bonar
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Save the Children; Invitation and Repentance: Save the Children
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: DENNIS
Composer: John G. Nageli
Meter: S. M.
Key: F Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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