Go thou, in life's fair morning

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Go thou, in life's fair morning

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	Prayludes for Summer (Flexible Piano Med…

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1 Go thou, in life's fair morning--
Go in the bloom of youth--
And buy, for thine adorning,
The precious pearl of truth:
Secure this heav'nly treasure,
And bind it on thy heart;
And let not worldly pleasure
E'er cause it to depart.

2 Go, while the day-star shineth;
Go, while thy heart is light;
Go, ere thy strength declineth,
While every sense is bright:
Sell all thou hast, and buy it;
'Tis worth all earthly things--
Rubies, and gold, and diamonds,
Scepters, and crowns of kings.

3 Go, ere the clouds of sorrow
Steal o'er the bloom of youth;
Defer not til tomorrow:
Go now, and buy the truth.
Go, seek thy great Creator,
Learn early to be wise:
Go, place upon his altar
A morning sacrifice.

Source: Linden Harp: a rare collection of popular melodies adapted to sacred and moral songs, original and selected. Illustrated. Also a manual of... #72

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First Line:	Go thou, in life's fair morning
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Proverbs 23:23
(hymns)

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Notes

Go thou in life's fair morning. [Youth for Christ.] Anon, in W. B. Bradbury's Oriola, 1860; I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and others. It was apparently suggested by Mrs. Simpson's "Go when the morning shineth," p. 1058, ii.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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