# While Life Is In the Prime Of Youth

Language: en  
Author: Susan M\. Stalter  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, Fall 2018, Number 3  
Source pages: 35  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/while-life-is-in-the-prime-of-youth/>
Original PDF: Fall\-2018\-Remnant\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, Fall 2018](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2018-fall/>)

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Father, in my life’s young morning,  
 Now I owe my all to Thee;  
 You deserve my best, yea, utmost,  
 For You’ve paid the price for me\.

Life seems young, and looks inviting,  
 But I do not know the hour,  
 When this life shall cease forever,  
 And I’ll see Thee in Thy pow’r\!

I could waste my life, and squander,  
 All these blessings freely mine;  
 But I’d reap for it, and dearly;  
 How much better to be Thine\!

On the altar, Lord, I lay down,  
 All my self, ambitions, pride\.  
 Search me, try me, Saviour, cleanse me,  
 For I cannot from Thee hide\.

Use me, fill me, and possess me,  
 With Thy Spirit so divine\.  
 Leaving all earth’s joys to serve Thee,  
 How I joy to call Thee mine\!

Talents, thoughts, desires, and service,  
 Love’s devotion, and my time:  
 Lord, they’re Yours; I freely yield them  
 Up to You, and in life’s prime\.