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Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: This, this be our labor Lyrics: 1 Youth is a happy spring, Joyous and brief; Age, life the Autumn breath, Sears flower and leaf. Sow we the precious seed While spring is fair, Watch o’er the opening buds With tenderest care. Refrain: This, this be our labor, This our precious employ, Sowing in sorrow, To gather in joy. This, this be our labor, This our precious employ; Soon we’ll welcome the harvest, Reaping in joy. 2 Youth is a smiling morn, Lovely and gay; Clouds, ere the noontide comes, May darken the way. Choose ye the manna, then, Fresh from the skies, Ere on the dewy earth Bright sunbeams arise. [Refrain] 3 Youth is a hopeful time, Joy is in bloom; Yet soon its pathway bright Must lead to the tomb. May sweet immortal hopes, Graciously given, Each youthful footstep guide Till sheltered in heaven! [Refrain] 4 Come while the Saviour’s voice Calls you today; Come while the Morning Star Shines over your way. Come where the fount of life Sparkles for you; Come where its waters clear Youth’s vigor renew. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Life and Experience; Joy and Gladness; Sowing and Reaping Used With Tune: [Youth is a happy spring]

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[Youth is a happy spring]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 54565 43136 54234 Used With Text: Youth is a Happy Spring

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Youth is a Happy Spring

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #176 (1891) Refrain First Line: This, this be our labor Lyrics: 1 Youth is a happy spring, Joyous and brief; Age, life the Autumn breath, Sears flower and leaf. Sow we the precious seed While spring is fair, Watch o’er the opening buds With tenderest care. Refrain: This, this be our labor, This our precious employ, Sowing in sorrow, To gather in joy. This, this be our labor, This our precious employ; Soon we’ll welcome the harvest, Reaping in joy. 2 Youth is a smiling morn, Lovely and gay; Clouds, ere the noontide comes, May darken the way. Choose ye the manna, then, Fresh from the skies, Ere on the dewy earth Bright sunbeams arise. [Refrain] 3 Youth is a hopeful time, Joy is in bloom; Yet soon its pathway bright Must lead to the tomb. May sweet immortal hopes, Graciously given, Each youthful footstep guide Till sheltered in heaven! [Refrain] 4 Come while the Saviour’s voice Calls you today; Come while the Morning Star Shines over your way. Come where the fount of life Sparkles for you; Come where its waters clear Youth’s vigor renew. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Life and Experience; Joy and Gladness; Sowing and Reaping Languages: English Tune Title: [Youth is a happy spring]

This, this be our labor

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Sunday School Chimes #d166 (1894) First Line: Youth is a happy spring

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Youth is a happy spring]" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Author of "Youth is a Happy Spring" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives