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REMEMBER THY CREATOR.

ECCLESIASTES XII.

Remember thy Creator
While youth's fair spring is bright,—
Before thy cares are greater,
Before comes age's night.
While yet the sun shines o'er thee,
While stars the darkness cheer,
While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.
Remember thy Creator
Before the dust returns
To earth,—for 't is its nature,—
And life's last ember burns!
Before with God who gave it
Thy spirit shall appear,
He cries, who died to save it,
“Thy great Creator fear.”