The Encouragement Young Persons Have to Seek Christ

Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 197 hymnals

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1 Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm,
In smiling crowds draw near;
And turn from every mortal charm,
A Saviour's voice to hear.

2 He, Lord of all the worlds on high,
Stoops to converse with you,
And lays His radiant glories by,
Your friendship to pursue.

3 "The souls that longs to see my face,
Is sure my love to gain;
And those that early seek my grace,
Shall never seek in vain."

4 What object, Lord, my soul should move,
If once compared with Thee?
What beauty should command my love,
Like what in Christ I see?

5 Away, ye false, delusive toys,
Vain tempters of the mind!
'Tis here I fix my lasting choice,
And here true bliss I find.


Source: The Book of Worship #401

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm
Title: The Encouragement Young Persons Have to Seek Christ
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d279

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A Collection of Hymns #176

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #150

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1002

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1009

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d1009

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #364

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d380

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #247

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #581

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A Collection of Hymns #377

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d377

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #919

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #185

A Selection of Hymns #d340

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCXCVI

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCXCVI

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A Selection of Hymns for the use of social religious meetings, and for private devotions 2d ed. #22

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #518

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d456

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A Selection of Hymns #DXVIII

A Selection of Hymns....3d ed #d276

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a194

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa194

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Augsburg Songs No. 2 #24

Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d373

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Baptist Hymn Book #a679

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #93

Cantica Laudis #d359

Chapel Hymns #d678

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Choice Hymns #157

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1097

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Church Choral-Book #178

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Church Melodies #96

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Church Psalmist #278

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Church Psalmist #278

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Church Psalmist #278

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d340

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Conference Hymns #229

Die neue Harmonie ... versehen mit Deutschen und Englische texte. 2nd ed. (The New Harmony) #e60

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Evangelical Hymnal #429

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d312

Family Hymns #d294

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #263

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #263

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #429

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #672

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs (New ed.) #35

Hymns for Children and Young Persons. First Am. from the London ed. #d161

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Hymns for Christian Melody #788

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Hymns for Church and Home #169

Hymns for Schools and Families #d584

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #298

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Hymns for Schools #101

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Hymns for Social Meetings #52

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Hymns for Social Worship #476

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #122

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #202

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #202

Hymns Selected #d248

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d248

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d536

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Hymns #199

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Hymns #199

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Hymns #199

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Manual of Devotion #115

Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d161

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Parish Hymns #525

Parish Psalmody #d989

Parish Psalmody #d1009

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Plymouth Collection #a331

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #331

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d963

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #135

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H269

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Revival Gems #63

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d325

Sacred Hymns for Spiritual Worship of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing #d120

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d601

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Seamen's Hymns #278

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