Precious Purity

A plain and precious truth
Needs to be taught to our youth
Though one craves the heat and wants to feast
Once without restraint it is a beast
For then the souls at stake as winds surround
With a lit match upon the ground...

With much boldness of speech
To the youth we must reach
Wait for that a good true love
Of whom, God will confirm with signs from above
Then with covenants and hearts melted-
With sacred seal, love is welded

If you wait till wedded
You will not regret it
The best gift is you, as one you’ll live
To be true to your love and wholly give
The joining can create a blend that's mild
Spiritually God’s own- sealed your child

Know too, there is strength for those who waver-
Scars can heal through Christ’s atoning favor
Don’t be deceived and don’t be destroyed
There is more than now to be enjoyed
And there are legions of youth who stay clean
Fighting for what’s right as to Christ they glean



40, Jeffrey R. Holland, Oct 2000,
“Personal Purity, ” Liahona