Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#XIII

XIII. Advice to Youth

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 aged sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With bitterest 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: Advice to Youth
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Ecclesiastes 7:7
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 7:1
• Notes: Public Domain.

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