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Young people, all, attention give,

Invitation to Youth.

Poet: Hall's New Collection, 1804
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
Young people, all, attention give,
And here what I do say,
I want your souls with Christ to live,
In everlasting day.
Liverpool 37b, Stanza 1
Entreaty (Liverpool) 29b, Stanza 1
2
Remember you are hast'ning on,
To Death's dark gloomy shade,
Your joys on earth will soon be gone,
Your flesh in dust be laid.
Liverpool 37b, Stanza 2
Entreaty (Liverpool) 29b, Stanza 2
3
Death's iron gate our must pass through,
Ere long my dear young friends;
Where then do you expect to go,
Where will your souls then land?

4
Pray meditate, before too late,
While in a gospel land,
Behold king Jesus at the gate,
Most lovingly doth stand.

5
Young man, how can you turn your face,
From such a glorious friend,
Will you pursue the dangerous road,
O! don't you see the end?

6
Will you pursue the dangerous road?
It leads to Death and Hell.
Will you refuse all peace with God,
With Devils for to dwell?

7
Young people, all, I pray then view,
The fountain open'd wide,
The spring of life open for you,
It flow'd from Jesus's side.

Hall, S. A New collection of the most approved hymns and spiritual songs: mostly original: for the use of Christians of all denominations. Newbern, North Carolina: Printed for and sold by S. Hall, 1804.