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“THE YOUTHS MANUEL, &C” In the short season of thy youth, In natures smiling bloom Ere age a’rives & trembling Waits its Summons to the Tomb Remember thy Creator God For him thy powers employ Make him they fear they love Thy hope thy confidence & joy.

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“THE YOUTHS MANUEL, &C” In the short season of thy youth, In natures smiling bloom Ere age a’rives & trembling Waits its Summons to the Tomb Remember thy Creator God For him thy powers employ Make him they fear they love Thy hope thy confidence & joy.
Listed on Page Number
290
Sampler Worked By
Eliza Susan Johnson
Date of Sampler
1809
Place Sampler Made
Boston, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
181
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Gibbons, Thomas. Hymns Adapted to Divine Worship: In Two Books. London: J. Buckland, J. Johnson, and J. Payne, 1769. Book 1, pg. 36
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hymns_adapted_to_divine_worship_in_two_b/krlVAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22waits+its+summons+to+the+tomb%22&pg=RA1-PA36&printsec=frontcover The Hymn’s first line is “In the soft season of thy Youth.” The title line of the sampler “The Youths Manuel, &C” may come from the poems inclusion in a later book, but was not found.