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Song 12.
The advantages of early religion.
8,6,8,6
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Happy the child whose youngest years
Receive instructions well;
Who hates the sinner’s path, and fears
The road that leads to hell.
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When we devote our youth to God,
’Tis pleasing in his eyes;
A flower, when offer’d in the bud,
Is no vain sacrifice.
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’Tis easier work if we begin
To fear the Lord betimes;
While sinners, that grow old in sin,
Are harden’d in their crimes.
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’Twill save us from a thousand snares
To mind religion young:
Grace will preserve our following years,
And make our virtue strong.
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To thee, Almighty God, to thee
Our childhood we resign:
’Twill please us to look back and see
That our whole lives were thine.
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Let the sweet work of prayer and praise
Employ my youngest breath!
Thus I’m prepared for future days,
Or fit for early death.
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