The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12402

12402. Now In The Heat Of Youthful Blood

1 Now in the heat of youthful blood
Remember your Creator God:
Behold, the months come hastening on,
When you shall say, My joys are gone!

2 Behold the agèd sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head.

3 The dust returns to dust again;
The soul, in agonies of pain,
Ascends to God, not there to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.

4 Eternal King! I fear Thy name;
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in Thy love.

Text Information

• First Line: Now in the heat of youthful blood
• Title: Now In The Heat Of Youthful Blood
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Book 1, 1707
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: KING OF KINGS by George C. Martin, LOUELLA by Joseph Funk, LOUVAN by Virgil C. Taylor

Tune Information

• Name: EXHORTATION
• Composer: Eliakim Doolittle (a800, arr. 1880)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Key: a minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Repeats last two lines of each verse