A) Now in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator, God; Behold the days come hastening on, When you shall say, My joys are gone. B) When we give up our youth to God ‘Tis pleasing in his eyes, A flower thats offer’d in the bud Is no mean sacrifice.

Full Text: A) Now in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator, God; Behold the days come hastening on, When you shall say, My joys are gone. B) When we give up our youth to God ‘Tis pleasing in his eyes, A flower thats offer’d in the bud Is no mean sacrifice.
Listed on Page Number: 315
Sampler Worked By: Martha Carman
Date of Sampler: 1826
Place Sampler Made: Bordentown
Sampler Listed on Page: 136
Author/Publication/Country/Date: A) Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 2nd ed., London: John Lawrence, 1709. p. 73. B) Watts, Isaac. Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, 2nd ed., London: M. Lawrence, 1716, p. 17.
Notes: A. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_hymns-and-spiritual-song_watts-isaac_1709/page/n96/mode/1up?q=heat B. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_divine-songs-attempted-i_watts-isaac-1674-1748_1716/page/17/mode/1up?q=flow