Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: God of my childhood and my youth
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 57
Page Number: 050, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of my childhood and my youth,
The guide of all my days,
I have declar'd thy heavenly truth,
And told thy wondrous 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 next remove;
O may these poor remains of breath,
Teach the wide world thy love.
Thy righteousness is deep and high,
Unsearchable thy deeds;
Thy glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all my praise exceeds.
Oft have I heard thy threat'nings roar,
And oft endur'd the grief;
But when thy hand has prest me sore,
Thy grace was my relief.
By long experience I have known
Thy Sov'reign pow'r to save;
At thy command I venture down,
Securely to the grave.
When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care;
These wither'd limbs with thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair.