How shall the young secure their hearts
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How shall the young secure their heartsAnd guard their lives from sin?Thy word the choicest rules impartsTo keep the conscience clean.
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'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.
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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.
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Thy word is everlasting truth;How pure is every page!That holy book shall guide my youth,And well support my age.