Serve the Lord in the days of youth,
Learn His law and ac­cept His truth;
Sing His praise with a rea­dy tongue,
While the heart is young,
While yet the heart is young.

Refrain

Serve the Lord in youth­ful days,
Do His will and walk His ways,
Wait not for what the years may bring,
But serve Him, O serve Him;
While life is like the spring,
O serve the Lord and King.

Give to Him what He gave to you,
Buoyant strength and a cour­age true;
Ringing voic­es and eyes alight,
Souls all pure and white,
Unstained and pure and white.

Refrain

Serve Him then, ev­ery youth­ful day,
Choose His guid­ance with­out de­lay;
Waste no part of these pre­cious years,
Youth soon dis­ap­pears,
Too soon it disap­pears.

Refrain