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Now in the heat of youthful blood Advice to youth; or, Old age and death in an unconverted state, Eccles. 12. 1 7. Isa. 65. 20

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 91, under Ecclesiastes 12:1, 7, 20.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 91

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Ecclesiastes 12:1, 7, 20 the verse printed above it

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STANZA I

Now in the heat of youthful blood

Remember your Creator God,

Behold the months come hastening on

When you shall say, "My joys are gone."

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Ecclesiastes 12:1, 7, 20. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” 7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. ECCLESIASTES 12:1, 7, 20 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ECCLESIASTES 12

Now in the heat of youthful blood Remember your Creator God, Behold the months come hastening on When you shall say, "My joys are gone." STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 91. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 91 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Now in the heat of youthful blood

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