My Son….

You’re starting, my boy, on life’s journey.

Along the grand highway of life,

You meet with a thousand temptations.

Each city with evil is rife.

The world is a stage of excitement.

There’s danger wherever you go.

But if you are tempted in weakness,

Have courage, my boy, to say no.

In courage alone lies safety,

When you the long journey begin

Your trust in the heavenly Father,

Will keep you unspotted from sin.

Temptations will go on increasing

As streams from a rivulet flow.

But if you’d be true to your manhood,

Have courage, my son, to say no.

Be careful in choosing companions.

Seek only the brave and the true.

Stand by your friends when in trial,

Not changing the old with the new.

And when, by false friends you are tempted

The taste of the wine cup to know

With firmness, with patience with kindness,

Have courage, my boy, to say no.