Eccclesiastes 12
12
SONG 16
8,6,8,6
tune: Belmont, 35.
Eccles 12:1
1In life’s gay morn, when sprightly youth
with vital ardour glows,
And shines in all the fairest charms
which beauty can disclose;
2 Deep on thy soul, before its pow’rs
are yet by vice enslav’d,
Be thy Creator’s glorious name
and character engrav’d.
3 For soon the shades of grief shall cloud
the sunshine of thy days;
And cares, and toils, in endless round,
encompass all thy ways.
4 Soon shall thy heart the woes of age
in mournful groans deplore,
And sadly muse on former joys,
that now return no more.
First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.
Eccclesiastes 12
12
SONG 16
8,6,8,6
tune: Belmont, 35.
Eccles 12:1
1In life’s gay morn, when sprightly youth
with vital ardour glows,
And shines in all the fairest charms
which beauty can disclose;
2 Deep on thy soul, before its pow’rs
are yet by vice enslav’d,
Be thy Creator’s glorious name
and character engrav’d.
3 For soon the shades of grief shall cloud
the sunshine of thy days;
And cares, and toils, in endless round,
encompass all thy ways.
4 Soon shall thy heart the woes of age
in mournful groans deplore,
And sadly muse on former joys,
that now return no more.
First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.