Oh, choose in youth the better part,

When all is bright before thee!

Nor think thy pleasures will decrease:

’Tis Faith that here brings joy and peace,

And leads to heaven’s glory.

Trust in the Lord with all thy heart

When sorrows gather o’er thee;

When lone and desolate thou art,

And all is dark before thee.

’Tis Faith that can the mourner cheer;