Serve the Lord in Youth

Serve the Lord in the days of youth

Learn His law and ac­cept His truth;

Sing His praise with a rea­dy tongue

While the heart is young

While yet the heart is young.

Serve the Lord in youth­ful days

Do His will and walk His ways

Wait not for what the years may bring

But serve Him

O serve Him;

While life is like the spring

O serve the Lord and King.

Give to Him what He gave to you

Buoyant strength and a cour­age true;

Ringing voic­es and eyes alight

Souls all pure and white

Unstained and pure and white.

Serve Him then

ev­ery youth­ful day

Choose His guid­ance with­out de­lay;

Waste no part of these pre­cious years

Youth soon dis­ap­pears

Too soon it disap­pears.