Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: How shall the young secure their hearts (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: How shall the young secure their hearts

Topic: The Holy Scriptures

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: English

Meter: CM

Tune: Marlow (Stop)

Hymn Number: 11

Page Number: 008, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

How shall the young secure their hearts,

And guard their lives from sin?

Thy word the choicest rule imparts

To keep the conscience clean.



'T is, like the sun, a heavenly light,

That guides us all the day;

And, through the dangers of the night,

A lamp to lead our way.



Thy precepts make us truly wise;

We hate the sinner's road;

We hate our own vain thoughts that rise,

But love thy law, O God!



Thy word is everlasting truth:

How pure is every page!

That holy book shall guide our youth,

And well support our age.