Worship — Holy Scriptures
How shall the young secure their hearts
- No. 183
- Metre C. M.
- Tune MAITLAND.
- Words Isaac Watts.
- Music George N. Allen.
- Key B-flat major
- Singing key A♭ major
- Time 6/4
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenHow shall the young secure their hearts
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
'T is like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides me all the day;
And through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead my way.
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.
Thy word is everlasting truth;
How pure is every page!
That holy book shall guide my youth,
And well support my age.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—HOLY SCRIPTURES.»; hymn number «183» (large), tune name «MAITLAND. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed bold), «GEORGE N. ALLEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «How»; under the staves «se - cure» and «im - parts» are hyphenated, while «choicest» and «conscience» are printed whole under two notes each; line 1 has no comma after «hearts». Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «120, 7, 227.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 120, 7 or 227). «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;», «?» and «!» («sin ?», «day ;», «wise ;», «road ;», «truth ;», «page !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («'T is», «sinner's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Holy Scriptures · No. 183 · printed page 64
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30
