Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: God of my childhood and my youth
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: L
Page Number: 064, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of my childhood and my youth,
The guide of all my days;
I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth,
And told thy wond'rous ways.
Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?
Who shall sustain my sinking years,
If God, my strength, depart?
Let me thy power and truth proclaim,
Before the rising age,
And leave a savor of thy name,
When I shall quit the stage.
The land of silence and of death,
Attends my nest remove;
O may these poor remains of breath,
Teach the wide world thy love.
When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care-
These with'ring limbs with thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair.