My Son, Know Thou the Lord

My son

know thou the Lord

Thy fa­ther’s God ob­ey;

Seek His pro­tect­ing care by night

His guard­ian hand by day.

Call

while He may be found;

Seek Him while He is near;

Serve Him with all thy heart and mind

And wor­ship Him with fear.

If Thou wilt seek his face

His ear will hear Thy cry;

Then shalt Thou find His mer­cy sure

His grace for­ev­er nigh.

But if thou leave thy God

Nor choose the path to Heav­en

Then shalt thou per­ish in thy sins

And nev­er be for­giv­en.