How 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 heav'nly light
That guides us all the day
And through the dangers of the night
A lamp to lead our way
Thy Word is everlasting truth
How pure is every page!
That holy Book shall guide our youth
And well support our age
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When once it enters to the mind
It spreads such light abroad
The meanest souls instruction find
And raise their thoughts to God
The men that keep Thy law with care
And meditate Thy Word
Grow wiser than their teachers are
And better know the Lord
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Thy precepts make me truly wise
I hate the sinner’s road
I hate my own vain thoughts that rise
But love Thy law, my God
The starry heav’ns Thy rule obey
The earth maintains her place
And these Thy servants, night and day
Thy skill and power express
But still Thy law and Gospel, Lord
Have lessons more divine
Not earth stands firmer than Thy Word
Nor stars so nobly shine
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