Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
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: 55
Page Number: 061, 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,
O God, my strength, departs.
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 know
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.