Introduction
(1843–1923)
Words: Fanny Crosby, 1884. Some hymnals give the author as Maude Marion, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Unseld Benjamin C. Unseld (🔊 pdf nwc).
Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years approach when you will say,
Ecclesiastes 12:1I find no pleasure in them.
Words: Fanny Crosby, 1884. Some hymnals give the author as Maude Marion, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Unseld Benjamin C. Unseld (🔊 pdf nwc).
Remember in youth thy creator,
Give heed to the voice of His Word;
For happy are they who believe Him,
And trust in the arm of the Lord.
Refrain
Remember in youth thy creator,
How gentle His goodness and care;
The best of His blessings He offers,
The gift of His love you may share.
Remember in youth thy Creator,
Ere days that are evil draw nigh;
And years that afford us no pleasure
Shall chase the bright beams from our sky.
Refrain
He claims our affection in childhood,
He offers the gift of His love;
O then let us earnestly seek Him,
And lay up our treasure above.
Refrain