A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy ‎#450

450. Children, in years and knowledge young

1 Children, in years and knowledge young,
Your parents’ hope, your parents’ joy!
Attend the counsels of my tongue:
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

2 If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state:
Restrain your feet from wicked ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.

3 The eyes of God regard His saints;
His ears are open to their cries;
He sets His frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with His grace is ever nigh:
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears, He counts their groans,
His Son redeems their souls from death;
His Spirit heals their broken bones,
They in His praise employ their breath.

Text Information

• First Line: Children, in years and knowledge young
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1814
• Topic: Particular Occasions and Circumstances: For the Young, And Old; Youth instructed

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