2 Kings 22, 23.
JOSIAH was but eight years old
When he a king was made;
But for the Lord he soon was bold,
Of naught but sin afraid.
The more he knew His will and Word,
The humbler he became;
His heart was tender, and was stirr’d
To glorify His name.
He evil quench’d, and others taught
In God’s most holy Word;
And in His walk and ways he sought
To own and serve the Lord.
He turn’d not to the left or right
Unto his dying day,
But walled well-pleasing in His sight,
Till he was call’d away.
When scarcely forty years of age,
By archers he was slain;
But left upon the sacred page
A name that doth remain.
Why should not we, who still are young,
Turn now unto the Lord;
And find ourselves thus blest among
All those who fear His Word?
The only happy life to live
Is having Christ as ours;
To love Him, and ourselves to give
To Him with all our pow’rs.
T.