Digital Tradition Mirror

Remember, Sinful Youth

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Remember, Sinful Youth
(Tune trad., F. Price)

Remember, sinful youth, you must die, you must die,
Remember, sinful youth, you must die.
Remember, sinful youth, who hate the way of truth
And in your pleasures boast, you must die, you must die,
And in your pleasures boast, you must die.

Uncertain are your days, here below, here below
Uncertain are your days, here below.
Uncertain are your days, for God hath many ways
To bring you in your graves, here below, here below,
To bring you in your graves, here below.

The God that built the sky, great I am, great I am,
The God that built the sky, great I am.
The God that built the sky hath said (and cannot lie)
Impenitents shall die, and be damned, and be damned,
Impenitents shall die, and be damned.

And O, my friends, don't you, I entreat, I entreat
And O, my friends, don't you, I entreat.
And O, my friends, don't you your carnal mirth pursue
Your guilty souls undo, I entreat, I entreat,
Your guilty souls undo, I entreat.

Unto the Saviour flee, 'scape for life! 'Scape for life!
Unto the Saviour flee, 'scape for life!
Unto the Saviour flee, lest death eternal be
Your final destiny. 'Scape for life! 'Scape for life!
Your final destiny. 'Scape for life!

note: tune is early 19th century; words 1854 RG
From American Hymns, Old and New, Christ-Janer et al
RG

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