Verse 1
Christ by the youth’s escape makes known
His power and guardian care,
And thus admonishes his own
To fly the coming snare:
Shews the malicious world’s design
His followers all to seize,
And bids us still the storm decline
Of furious wickedness.
Verse 2
Weakest of thy disciples, young
In inexperienc’d grace,
I dare not meet th’ outrageous throng,
Or now thy cross embrace:
Sufficient strength to die with Thee
Yet while I cannot find,
Naked I from their violence flee,
And leave the world behind.