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

How shall the young secure their heartsAnd guard their lives from sin?Thy word the choicest rules impartsTo 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.