Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How shall the young secure their hearts
Topic: Scriptures
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: CM
Tune: Siloam
Hymn Number: 255
Page Number: 085, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
'Tis 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.