7770 | The Cyber Hymnal#7771 | 7772 |
Text: | Ye Sons of Adam, Vain and Young |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ABBOTSFORD |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Ye sons of Adam, vain and young,
Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue,
Taste the delights your souls desire,
And give a loose to all your fire;
2. Pursue the pleasures you design,
And cheer your hearts with songs and wine;
Enjoy the day of mirth, but know
There is a day of judgment, too.
3. God from on high records your thoughts,
His book records your secret faults;
The works of darkness you have done
Must all appear before the sun.
4. The vengeance to your follies due
Should strike your hearts with terror through:
How will you stand before His face,
Or answer for His injured grace?
5. Almighty God! turn off their eyes
From these alluring vanities;
And let the thunder of Thy Word
Awake their souls to fear the Lord.
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First Line: | Ye sons of Adam, vain and young |
Title: | Ye Sons of Adam, Vain and Young |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Book I, number 89 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ABBOTSFORD |
Meter: | LM |
Incipit: | 13134 54337 75754 |
Key: | d minor |
Source: | Catholische Geistliche Gesänge (Andernach, Germany: 1608) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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