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I: Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth / The gift of saving grace; / And let the seed of sacred truth / Fall in a fruitful place.
II: Grace is a plant, where'er it grows, / Of pure and heav'nly root; / But fairest in the youngest shows, / And yields the sweetest fruit.
III: Ye careless ones, hear betimes / The voice of sovereign love!
Your youth is stain'd with many crimes, / But mercy reigns above.
IV: True, you are young, but there's a stone / Within the youngest breast; / Or half the crimes which you have done / Would rob you of your rest.
V: For you the public prayer is made, / Oh! join the public prayer; / For you the sacred tear is shed, / Oh! shed yourselves a tear.
VI: We pray that you may early prove / The Spirit's power to teach; / You cannot be too young to love / That Jesus whom we preach.