Hymn
How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?
With humble heart and tongue,
My God! to thee I pray;
O make me learn, whilst I am young,
How I may cleanse my way.
Make an unguarded youth
The object of thy care;
Help me to choose the path of truth,
And fly from ev'ry snare.
My heart, to folly prone,
Inspire with love divine;
Unite it to thyself alone,
And make me wholly thine.
O let thy word of grace
My warmest thoughts employ;
Be this through all my following days,
My treasure and my joy.
To what thy laws impart
Be my whole will inclin'd;
O let them dwell within my heart,
And sanctify my mind.
May thy young servant learn,
By these to cleanse his way;
And may I here the path discern
That leads to endless day.
How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way? — Text from A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy, 1814. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/how-shall-a-young-man-cleanse-his-way
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?
The words of How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way were written by John Fawcett; the version here was published in 1814. The library holds 9 more hymns by John Fawcett, including As thy Days, So Shall thy Strength Be and Invitation to Follow the Lamb.
Is How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way public domain?
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What is the metre of How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?
How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Dismission, My Spirit On Thy Care and The pity of the Lord.