Young people all, attention give,
While I address you in God’s name,
You who in sin and folly live,
Come hear the counsel of a friend.
I sought for bliss in glitt’ring toys,
And ranged th’ alluring scenes of vice,
But never found substantial joys
Until I heard my Savior’s voice.
He spake at once my sins forgiven
And wash’d my load of guilt away;